Maris is a wonderful, caring host who is willing to go above and beyond what is required of her. Very responsive to emails and other queries. The apartment has a well-equipped kitchen, a large bathroom, fast wifi broadband (fast enough to stream TV), and a comfortable bed. Also had a fan -- very important. What more could you ask for?

The location is both what makes this a great place and is the only reason for knocking it down a star. Insurgentes is a VERY BUSY street and you can expect street noise from 6 am - 10 pm. You will eventually get used to it. The street is not particularly well lit at night, so, depending on what you want from your stay, this may come into consideration. We were in almost every evening before sundown, so it didn't bother us. But it's typical big city atmosphere.

The immediate area is not touristy at all and you will probably be the only tourists seen for several blocks around. You are only 3-4 blocks from the Monument to the Revolution where there are some nice restaurants and you have a VIPS literally next door to the apartment. Walmart is also 4-5 blocks down the street.

The location is great for transit connections, with Metrobus line 1 right outside the door, the Revolucíon metro station around the corner, and metrobus line 4 about 3 blocks away. Line 1 is so crowded that it is uncomfortable. Line 4 is an absolutely wonderful way to get into the city center (Centro Historico) and much better than the Metro.

If your Spanish is better than mine, then you will do especially well here. You may have a hard time finding much support for English in the area, so I would recommend knowing at least minimal conversational Spanish if you want to spend time in this part of town.

That being said, I found the staff at the building, the people in the neighborhood and in the shops to be very helpful and able to handle my sloppy attempts at speaking in their language.

So I would recommend this to academics, students, and businesspeople, as Maris has said. It's also good for EXPERIENCED tourists who want a bit of personal space. My partner and I tend to sleep on very different schedules, so it was important to us to have a separate bedroom from the other living space.