Helpful and kind local hosts, nice apt, and a good location, but a couple of flaws, unfortunately.
1. Cockroaches
2. Back bedroom bathroom
-The ceiling will leak if it rains
-Potent sewer-like smell (as other reviewers have mentioned)
We stayed here for a month. It rained two times, and the bathroom ceiling leaked two times, the second causing part of the ceiling to fall off. By the 3rd day, the bathroom emitted a strong sewer-like odor - not sure if the leaking caused this, but we see others have reported the smell as well. Unfortunately, the above rendered the bathroom unusable by the 3rd day - the odor was a bit too much.
We saw a couple of cockroaches and killed them. After the hosts quickly responded by spraying the entire apartment with bug spray, we didn’t see anymore. The hosts also wrote us a hand note apologizing for the cockroach incident and gave us a wine bottle - a thoughtful gesture, but the uneasiness of a potential future incident tarnished our experience.
Fixing the ceiling water leaks, sewer-like smell, and cockroach issues will make this a great location.