Some pros and cons.
PROS:
— Big enough apartment: 1 medium bedroom, 1 medium living room, 1 smaller kitchen, 1 big square of space connecting these three. Enough space.
— Ap is furnished for everyday living, not just a studio/hostel type of lodging. You have everything you'd have in a good apartment, from iron to washer, from hot plates to all the cutlery and small things that accumulate in an apartment when you leave in it for years. You're not likely to miss anything.
— Well-equipped kitchen with a big fridge.
— Spacious bed with two very soft matrasses.
— Balcony to a narrow courtyard to sit and smoke or drink sth and talk to each other on.
— Elevator.
— Stores around: AB round the corner, My Market in 2 mins, Sklavenitis in 4, Χωριάτικο bakery in 3, Γαλακτοπωλείον Δημητρίου dairy in 6.
— Good restaurants around: 2 Οψεις Ψησταριά Εστιατόριο, KIONIA, Οι Νοστιμιές της Μαίρης. Platia Agiou Georgiou is so cosy and full of restaurants.
— 15 mins to 3 metro station on foot.
— Small stores working up to 2AM every 30 meters.
CONS:
— Safer and livable part of the ghetto, but is still a little dangerous for a female. As a male I didn't give an f about Africans and they didn't about me. Not so many beggars, not so dirty as 15 mins to the South–West closer to the train station. But to be honest, only Pangrati and Kolonaki give you that sense of bliss and civilization in the city center. Every other district is like this one.
— Ap being cosy, it has old glazing, so you're woken up a lot at 7-9AM: by loud and annoying birds, and sometimes neighboring ap renovation. You do hear the elevator, the ap is just next to it, but it's not to often and sound lasts only 30s-1m. If you're a light sleeper, beware.
— I had a persistent allergy in the inner part of my elbows for the whole stay, and it wasn't sth I ate. Each night I'd scratch my palms to the point of visible scratches in the morning. Iwould go out — the allergy would subside. Allergics, be aware.
— You have to pay additionally for the electricity. Check the listing rules. Not much, up to 15 Euro a week if you use AC a lot.
— Wire connection is a super weak ADSL: 10/0.8 Mbit/s when free. Oftentimes, the speed would go to 5-6 Mbit/s in. Shared or not, this hotspot often gives you twice as less speed, and it's very slow even for browsing. I suppose you can pay 10-15 Euro and buy a SIM card with 20-40Gb limit, you'd need one anyway if you wanna go around the city using maps and browsing socials.
I have mixed feelings about my stay. On one hand, it's everything you need and everything is close by, on the other, it's a shady neighborhood, bad sleep, and allergy.