We had a pretty good stay at Jon's place. We spent a week and worked remotely from the apartment, which was very well suited for remote work (there's a great chair and desk space). There were, however, some notable downsides that lower my review.
- The fridge wasn't cleaned out before we arrived, and in particular there was a big pot of stew taking up space. I'm not sure if he left the stew to be hospitable, but it seemed more like not thoroughly cleaning between guests.
- In order to use hot water, you need to operate a very old boiler ahead of time. We would turn it off between uses (it clearly uses a ton of gas) and had to plan for hot water about 20 minutes in advance. The host didn't leave instructions.
- The apartment is on a very busy street and is very loud due to traffic in the evenings and throughout the night.
- There are no drawers or places to put clothes, and the closets are full of the host's stuff.
- The toilet seat was a weird cushion material and was fraying.