The flat, first of all, lacks any air movement: this means that there are only two small windows that one may open to let fresh air in. When I say fresh, I certainly do not mean that smelly air we were getting from the people next and below us cooking. There was no way how to make the air in the flat "move" since opening the main door meant letting other smelly air, largely cigarette smell, "move into" the flat. The hall was so smelly at times that you could feel this smell in the flat as well.
In addition, there is absolutely no air-condition in the flat, not even a relatively cheap mobile unit that Miks could have provided all his flats with. Hence, the flat gets really hot during the day even if summer temperatures do not go over 22-23 C degrees. What happens is that the flat gets most of its sunlight early in the morning till about 11 a.m., making it really hot to stay there during the day.
This brings me to my next point: I wonder if Miks ever asked himself whether to put additional, and quite heavy blinds, in order to help people who rent get some sleep. Latvia sees relatively long daylight in summer months, meaning that it only gets dark (as in proper dark) really late while new day starts relatively early. For us, this meant that, due to only one fully dark blind in the flat, we were awoken fairly early when a lot of sun started hitting the apartment.
Two more things: my wife dropped a hair pin and it fell behind the bed. Once we moved the bed, we realised how "clean" the flat really was. Those places behind the bed and night tables haven't been cleaned in a while, that you can bet on!
Last of all, we had the "pleasure" of listening to noisy neighbours: I am aware that Miks cannot control his neighbours' voices volume-wise and I do not blame him for it, but it is my responsibility to provide other travellers info on this so that they do not make the same mistake we did.
All in all, I would refrain from renting from Miks again: he seems to be one of those owners who own and manage multiple flats, trying to squeeze out the most profit without investing more in their property, which, in my honest opinion, is a shame. Both my wife and I are very thankful that he communicated with us and that he allowed us to check in early,
as already said, but there is much more to being a good and/or great host than fast communication with one's AirBnB tenants.