I came to Mexico City to meet with my family who were traveling from India. We wanted a place to stay where we could stay together for a few weeks and celebrate after a long separation before making our way to the US.
Alvaro's apartment was perfect. It was centrally located, with easy access to the Paseo de la Reforma, Bosque de Chapultepec, and other wonderful urban parks. Given its centrality, it was also reasonably secluded from traffic and quiet by the norms of CDMX. We had access to a fully equipped kitchen and an amazing farmer's market on Pachuca street every Tuesday, which was a life saver for us because we cooked every day in observance of our religious dietary restrictions. We were able to travel light and wash our clothes in unit.
Alvaro comes across as someone who genuinely loves hosting and cares about his guest's experience. Despite being in a different timezone, his communication was great. He was on top of the little things we needed. Arturo and Leonor, the caretakers of the building were very kind and helpful. We used whatsapp to stay in touch with them, and they helped us in every way they could. (They speak only spanish, and were very accommodating of my communicating in spanish as a second language)
Keep in mind that this is someone's real home in a fairly old building in a densely populated part of the city. It is well cared for, but it has its quirks. Some are just the norms of Mexican household, which I'll note for the benefit of tourists: the tankless water heaters supply water at a certain rate, and you need to run the water a little while so that the water gets nice and hot (which it eventually does). Also we were here during the monsoon (rained every single day we were here in September). The humidity will impact the clothes' dryer's performance will be impacted by the humidity. There will be some bugs (inevitable). However, the caretakers are very diligent about responding to requests and keep the place clean.