The stay was okay. The shared bathroom situation wasn't my favorite for a couple of reasons the first cleanliness and the second because of the person before you take so long shower not only does the hot water run out but the hot water itself stops running. When the hot water runs out it literally runs out.
Another thing to note is that in the bathrooms there are tons of signs with rules you're supposed to follow. The biggest one is that you are only allowed a three to five minute shower once a day. However, since the host didn't mention this I'm assuming there are more general rules of thumb, which realistically somewhat make sense. There was one day where I had a business dinner in the evening and I took two showers in a day and no one yelled at me so I think they're suggestions. Also more often and not during my time there the front door was locked so almost every time I had to go in through the back door after attempting to go in through the front door. If you're in a rush just go straight to the back door. The gate in the front of the house has a padlock on it which you have to lock and unlock every time you go in and out of the property.
Overall the stay was fine for what I needed, which was just a couple of nights while I found a long-term room for my stay in Mexico City.
The house itself it's very interesting but has clearly been modified to make more bedrooms. I think including some historical history would have been really fascinating. The neighborhood itself is incredibly safe you have plenty of options to go eat within walking distance. The house itself does not offer they washer or dryer but there are at least a couple of dry cleaning / laundry stores within a 10 minute walk.
It's important to keep in mind that the host and the owner of the home,which is her mother, actually live in this home even though they rent out the majority of it, so if you stay here be prepared for a somewhat "big brother vibe". it's very obvious that they have what seems like 7 to 10 people in this house renting rooms at any given moment so I think this "big brother" vibe really comes from a place of trying to minimize any damage or chaos that's so having so many people in the house may cause. Throughout my stay I found the host and her mother very sweet.
Unfortunately for me I think my stay ended on a stressful note. I have misunderstood the checkout time and had a very important business meeting that afternoon but when the host brought it to my attention that check out was at noon and not three the night before check out I asked her if we could come up with an arrangement for them to watch my bags while I was at my meeting. They seemed very receptive to the idea and of course I offered to pay them for the service and we agreed to talk about it the next morning. I sent the host a message at about 9am but unfortunately, about 45 minutes to check out the host informed me the only option they could offer me was to pay them $300 pesos and leave the bags in the room I was currently occupying. This seemed unreasonable to me given the fact that that was almost what one night was costing me for a couple of hours. I stated that the entire room wasn't necessary if they could just keep an eye on my bags in one of the public spaces but they said this wasn't an option. To be fair, I understand that they are under no obligation to help me I was more disappointed in the lack of communication, the fact that maybe unintentionally they put me in a position where I didn't have an option but to accept due to the timing of their communication, and frankly the unreasonable offer. Luckily for me I had met some of the other people staying in the home who gladly offered to let me put my bags in their room and I was able to get in touch with my new landlord who told me that although my room was not ready I was more than welcome to bring the bags. I ended up being several minutes late to my meeting due to the circumstances but I was able to bring my bags to my new apartment and I suppose everything worked out. Unfortunately I did feel it left things on a somewhat sour note.