The best part about Yota's place was the location. I walked literally everywhere: the Acropolis, Plaka, Syntagma, Gazi, the National Archaeology Museum, etc. No walk was more than 20 minutes, and pretty much all (except the Archaeology Museum) were around 10. It's right next to a bunch of restaurants, bars, and shopping (the Monistriaki Flea Market).

Yota is great and very interesting and enjoyable to talk to. She has a dog, Tsipras, who as far as I know hasn't resigned yet. The dog was fun to have around, and I'm not someone who usually cares much for dogs. Yota was always offering fruit, beer, food, coffee, etc.

The only drawbacks are, as people have mentioned, the church bells that go off starting at 7 AM, and the heat (no A/C). I am a pretty light sleeper, and I thought that would bother me, but honestly I was fine waking up a bit early during my stay (especially for the Acropolis, it gets extremely crowded by around 9 or 10). As far as the heat, I do wish it had been cooler, but there is a strong fan and it is not too bad sleeping with the window open (which opens out onto a balcony) and I imagine this is only a problem during the worst hot days in August during which I was staying.

Last thing: the roof was absolutely awesome.