After spending 4 nights there in late November here are the pros and cons of the place and the host:
PROS: The location was fairly close to a number of tourist attractions (but with kids it was a bit far). There was a good supermarket near the apartment, and several smaller ones. There were also several good restaurants close. The host left in the apartment a helpful google map and provided a helpful link to taxis. Check-in was easy as the keys were left in an outside mailbox for us (although I wondered if this was safe). The beds were fairly comfortable. Pillows, so so.
The CONS: The pictures make the place look MUCH brighter and MUCH nicer than it really is. We were quite dissapointed upon arrival. We were cold the entire time until the last day because the only heater that worked was in the living room and it took a while for the place to warm up, although central heating is listed, there is no central heating. This made our stay quite uncomfortable. We booked last minute, but they still should have turned on the heat before we arrived. The stairs to get to the unit are numerous and narrow (especially with luggage) but we expected this. There were signs about keeping noise down in the apartment and host sent a message about this also, so we were surprised when the neighbours all around us were very loud. We heard screaming, singing, people talking loudly, banging from some construction or repairs, noise from street below. Overall very loud. The bathroom was smelly, old and in need of some repairs, particularily the shower doors, which we thought might come apart. There was also a fair bit of mould in the shower which was pretty gross. They tried to mask the bad smell in the apartment with those plug-in perfume things, which give out a very strong smell. It was awful and gave us headaches, so we unplugged them. We left a salami roll overnight on the kitchen counter and the next morning it was full of small ants. Very disturbing and gross. There was a TV as listed but no programming (except 3 channels), with kids ,TV can be helpful during downtime. There was no dish soap and the dish spunges were very gross. No wine bottle opener and a few other basic kitchen things were missing. Several light fixtures were broken, so light was minimal, overall it was quite dark, contrary to listing and pictures. The host sent us a message the day before check out asking us to sort the garbage and bring it with us at check out and place it in bins on the street. I'm sorry, but if you charge your guests a cleaning fee (we paid a $95 cleaning fee), you don't ask them to take the garbage out at check out, especially when there are 4 flights of stairs in the building, and they have luggage and kids to bring down.
Frankly we would not stay there again, and given our experience, we would not recommend this place, especially at that price point.