What you find here is a great location, well-cleaned…but the description as “minimal” is a gross exaggeration. “Negligible” would be an overstatement. “Next-to-nothing” is more accurate.
Two flimsy folding chairs at the small dining table and one upholstered living room chair. no lamp or other table anywhere, and nothing on the terrace. The dimly lit bedroom is furnished with only a double bed topped with a foam mattress and a twin-bed-sized comforter barely enough to cover one person. Try to hang your clothes on a rickety metal rack on wheels (because there’s no closet anywhere). No TV, no clock/radio/no alarm of any kind which admittedly might qualify as "minimal."
In the bath, we found two nearly empty rolls of toilet paper, no soap or facecloth, and were lucky a prior guest left behind tiny, half-used bottles of shampoo and shower gel they brought from their last hotel stay. In the kitchen: no thoughtful coffee/tea, no bottle of water, nothing but a frozen dinner a prior guest left, apparently when he found there’s no microwave to heat it. (There is a built-in stove/refrigerator and dishwasher, as well as a few pots/pans, cutlery and dishware if you wanted to cook for yourself.)
Daniel (the host we never saw) seemed like a good guy and tried to allow us in early after an all-night, trans-Atlantic flight. That was much appreciated but poorly planned with his housekeeper because he was in South America. At checkout, he asked us to find some clerk at a nearby 24-hour market where the housekeeper could retrieve what he told us was his only key to the rental.
With just a modest investment in basic, fundamental furnishings and better management, this could be a 5-star experience. Instead, what you get is a clean, safe space in a convenient location…but precious little than that—for a few dollars MORE than the 4.5-star hotel with full amenities just across the street.