Positive : good location (Ebisu on JR line) + near to JR station and MTR subway station (about 12 to 15 minutes walk). A spacious new house with well-equipped facilities, kitchen, bathroom, washroom, walk-in closet, washing machine, floor heating and air conditioners etc. This new apartment worth the money I spend to stay, I understand why the owner tried her best to keep her house in good condition, this house is same as the photos on the website. Follow Akina's instruction to keep the house and make your stay comfortable.
Negative : poor check-in process due to wrong Lock Box code given to the guest and we can't get the house key from the box. The guests were blocked out of the apartment for over half and hour! It is ridiculous that even after we completed the self check-in procedure with passport data, once again we get the information for how to check in the bnb apartment, you guess what, the code is still the original wrong one! The emergency phone call is cut all the time, I wonder who is on the other end of the line??
The noise is easily passed to the neighbor, we can hear the sound from Akina house in the bedroom sometimes. But the worst case happened on the Saturday night 17 Nov.(from 11:45 pm to 12:30 am) , we can hear and feel the loud talking and running sound from a little boy on the upper floor. I wonder may be this little boy is too excited during weekend and can't get into sleep.
Suggestion: The Futon metress is thin (comparing with the one I slept in the traditional Japanese onsen inn), the bedroom is big enough to install one more single bed instead of futon, and the original double size bed cannot really accommodate 2 persons.
About the noise problem, frankly speaking, we have heard about the dog bark in the morning and at night sometimes, but that is not annoying and just last for few minutes. We see the dog during our check out, it is a lovely dog!! We also met Akina's family member during check out, she is a kind lady.