I never actually met the host, but her mother who lives in the building was very helpful and sweet. She even called us a cab to pick us up to go to the airport, and she was very prompt in email response. The apartment was clean for the most part. However, the bathroom was about 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the apartment/always felt damp, and there were many fruit flies because of this. The rest of the apartment was great, though. One thing to note, it was extremely loud in the surroundings of the apartment. There seemed to be some sort of step dance class below us that was constantly making noise, and then there were chickens or roosters somewhere near the apartment that were extremely loud and at times very annoying. They would start early in the morning and continue most of the day. If you're a light sleeper or are easily bothered by outside noises, I would definitely not recommend this apartment to you. Otherwise, you can bring ear plugs.