The host was very kind to let us check in early with his cleaning lady. The apt is in a transitional area so you need to walk a few blocks to get to a better part of the city. It's not far to most places and we walked to many of them easily. The metro was being renovated so we had no blue line available and Javier did not mention this. It really impacted our stay as we had to taxi anywhere we couldn't walk.

I would not recommend leaving anything in the public areas as our two wet umbrellas were stolen from outside the 4th floor apt (and there only 30minutes) and often we walked in and out of the apt and someone was smoking inside the building. They also only lock the front door of the building late at night but leave it open most other hours.

The apt is great for 3 adults or parents with young children. The second bedroom was so small we couldn't fit suitcases very well and there were not closets. If you don't mind a double bed and leaving the cases in the living room, you could do two couples.

The apt is nicely renovated but still has a panel not installed in the kitchen and has a poorly draining bathroom sink that has resulted in mildew in the corners of that sink that was really awful.

This is not a quiet building, nor a quiet neighborhood so if you stay, bring earplugs!