First things first, if you aren't able to communicate in Chinese, Sean may not choose to accept you as a guest, and you may miss out the opportunity to stay in his wonderful apartment! That being said, I have a very basic understand of written Chinese and was able to communicate with Sean just fine.

Sean communicated with me on LINE before and during my trip. He sent pictures/videos with detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to get to his apartment from the airport (the apartment can be a bit confusing to get to because it's actually located in a commercial building, so this was very useful). Sean is extremely polite, helpful, and responsive. One morning, we didn't have any hot water coming from the tap. When I told Sean, he had someone check it out (the water heater was broken) and fixed by the time we returned back in the afternoon!

As everyone has already mentioned, Sean's apartment is centrally located right across the street from Taipei Main Station, which is one bus ride away from the Taoyuan International Airport. As well, it is at the intersection of two MRT lines, and one stop away from two other ones. There are also a lot of food and shopping options nearby!

From the main door, there is a little area where you can leave your shoes, and then two doors – one which is to the apartment, and one to a storage room that guests don't have access to. If you are looking for an extremely private experience, this may be the one negative aspect to think about. While you can lock the apartment room door, the storage room was accessed by the cleaner several times without notice, and we had a visit from Sean early one morning at 2am (he apologized the next morning).

The room is true to the pictures – clean and cute! It is quite compact and basic, but it was able to fit four girls comfortably. We were in Taipei for a week, and while there weren't a lot of storage areas, we were able to store several suitcases and open several of them on the floor with room to spare. While there is no kitchen, we loved having a fridge and having access to filtred, bottled water that can be dispensed hot, room temperature, or cold from a machine! Two other minor cons are that the curtains are extremely sheer and the beds are relatively hard and unsupportive (they felt like something between a bed and a boxspring).

Overall, it was a great experience and would highly recommend this apartment for any of my friends travelling to Taipei!