We had high hopes for this place given the photos and location, but our stay was very disappointing.

The good: The host tried to be responsive to our concerns and checked in frequently by messenger, but there was little he could do because he was out of town (his brother was looking after the apartment). He offered to send a cleaning lady to fix an issue with the shower drain but could not resolve the major issues with the unit because repairmen were not available on weekends.

The bad: The door to the building was open and had no lock; the spiral staircase (five floors up) was covered in shattered glass from broken windows along the way; it was also blocked by construction material and entirely lacking a railing, making a misstep a dangerous possibility; in the apartment itself, the sliding door to the deck was nearly impossible to open and close, and also had a broken lock (we pushed furniture against the door for safety); there was a large hole in the bedroom wall; the ceiling over the makeshift bathroom was too low for an average male to stand up in; there was a shower wand but no hook so that you had to sit in the bathtub to shower; there was no shower curtain; the bathtub drain was broken and had to be propped open with a fork; there was no hot water on our last day.

After a lot of back and forth (not how we wanted to spend our time on vacation) the host offered a partial refund -- if we promised not to write a negative review. We refused and received a full refund from AirBnB. I've had wonderful experiences staying in AirBnBs around the world. This was not one of them.