So much to say about this unit and so little space, so I will try to be succinct and concise. The good: (1) Neighborhood is nice. The metro, supermarket, and restaurants are only 3 minutes away each.
(2) Building's exterior is very traditional (has some interesting tile work). (3) The street is pretty quiet, making the unit fairly quiet.
Now a couple facts for those with difficulty walking: (4)The unit is on the US 3rd floor (European 2nd floor) of a 4 story walk-up. It's a steep hike up the stairs. (5) The building is 3/4 up a steep hill which may be difficult for some.
And now the bad: (6) Two out of 3 air conditioning units did not work when we arrived. Took them a week to fix that, and it was only tenuously repaired. Then the 3rd aircon unit failed. (7) Three fans were brought, but it only took one to trip the circuit breaker. Over and over again. (8) Electrical system is old and poorly maintained. We were without electricity for 18 hours. (9) Kitchen in photo is totally inaccurate. Cabinets are in poor shape and visibly broken. (10) There is no master bathroom like the photo. The two bathrooms are in the hallway with absolutely no privacy. (11) Both showers are very small and everyone over my size 5'10"/1.87m and 180 lbs/81 kg won't fit. (12) The third bedroom is literally a converted closet. It contains a bed and that's about it. (13) The fourth bedroom isn't even a bedroom - it's a den with no door off the side of the living room. (14) For 27 days, one living room shade was missing, making it impossible to sleep in the den for anyone. (15) The shade was finally installed and it is a transparent fabric making the room still too bright to sleep in. (16) There is visible termite damage under doors and in the wood floors. (17) The couch in the living room is frayed and stained. (18) Concrete on rear patios was crumbling and in poor condition. (19) Numerous cracks in floor tiles in bathrooms and kitchen. (20) One of the bathrooms is missing a vanity light and has bare wires exposed. (21) There is a pervasive sewage smell from the bathrooms which is probably from a faulty gas venting to the roof. (22) All units in the building are Airbnb's, so the trash in the 2 bins on the ground floor is always overflowing.
If you book this unit, you will definitely be communicating with Maria a lot to resolve these issues and more. Maria's responses always revolved around "this is an old building." I grew up in a house in Newport built in 1820 and own a rowhouse in DC built in 1871, so I know old houses and we never had these problems. Hopefully I have given you all some insight on this unit.