Gints was a good host and very responsive to any email or text I sent. He even was kind enough to set up a taxi for us to take back to the airport. The photographs on the website did match the interior of the apartment and it was clean, quiet and comfortable. However I think there are no photographs of the exterior of the building for a reason. The building is rundown looking although this apt has been renovated nicely inside. Still the hallways were dark, poorly lit, and rundown looking. The apartment is in a poor part of town and is a mix of nice and not nice buildings. Overall it was pretty deserted feeling and we did not feel comfortable to walk back to it at night, although it was fine during the daytime. Our host told us not to leave our suitcases at the bottom of the stairwell unattended, even for five minutes. Also, if you stay here, you must be prepared to carry your own suitcase up five big staircases. It would have been nice if the host was able to help with this, but unfortunately he was not. I personally would not have felt comfortable to stay in this apartment alone. I felt it was important for me to share this information, as very few of the reviews talked about the exterior of the building and the neighborhood, more just about the interior of the place and the host, which were both nice. And again, you can walk to the central market which is a very interesting place and just five or 10 minutes and it is also an easy walk to the old city and not far to connect to many buses. Over all we enjoyed our visit.