Unfortunately, my stay at Ivan’s apparently was not good. There were three main problems:
1) The bed was extremely uncomfortable, so much so that you could feel the springs against your back. I tried to transfer to the couch to sleep, but it was just as bad. I notified Ivan of the issue and told him I planned to buy a foam mattress pad. He said he would take care of it, but he accidentally bought a plastic mattress cover meant for protecting against stains. I ended up folding the down comforter in half and using it as a makeshift pad.
2) The apartment was very hot. Even when the weather cooled down at night, the apartment retains heat. Here, Ivan was very helpful and brought me a fan to use.
3) The hot water was defective. It was either scalding hot or didn’t work at all—no happy medium. At this point, I didn’t want to bother Ivan with yet another complaint, so I just dealt with talking cold showers, since the apartment was hot anyway.
I wonder if many of these problems are just growing pains. The listing has few reviews, so it’s possible Ivan just didn’t know about the issue. While I was happy he brought the fan, I wish he would have released me from my obligation to stay for six nights and let me stay at a hotel, which is what I told him that I preferred to do. Hopefully, he’ll learn from this issues and will improve the apartment. The location is stellar, so it has the potential to be a good place.