Manuel was very kind and he has a beautiful place. It's centrally located and equipped with a washer and every type of charger.
However, he listed a 9:00am check-in time and 12 hours before our arrival on a red-eye international flight, he said we couldn't check-in til 12:30-1. When I mentioned his listed time he replied that the "effective check-in time is 9:45 since we can leave our bags", but this is emphatically not what check-in means in the context of hospitality, so that was frustrating.