Communication is good. The apartment and building are very run down. Graffiti on the front door. No elevator available in case you have luggage, we had 5 huge pieces that we had to carry up to the second floor.
The apartment was apparently “cleaned” but it smelled horrible upon arrival around 6pm. There is a big grocery (sumesa) store about 5 min walking distance from the place and we ended up shopping for some fabuloso cleaner along with air spray to make the apartment smell somewhat good. My wife mopped every single day to make the place smell good. We did make the owner aware of the smell problem to which he only said… trust me, the apartment was cleaned before your arrival.
Second thing is, we found roaches in the bathroom, kitchen and living room area. We weren’t able to cook either, the kitchen is old and with the roaches we just didn’t trust it. There is no water pressure in the kitchen sink and the shower has no water pressure either.
The neighborhood is good and plenty of restaurants, street food, pharmacy and grocery store within walking distance but it’s very loud. The windows don’t close completely and they are very thin.
Lastly, there was only one working lock on the door and it was an old loose doorknob which made it feel unsafe.
Needless to say, if you can avoid staying at this place, do!