Les' place is a fun and quirky spot located close to the train station in a safe neighborhood. The bed is comfy and the shower has good water pressure. Les himself is very friendly and interesting (an artist! a collector!). He purchased my friend and I several snacks/wine and made us a cheese plate which was very nice.
I would like to make a few notes here for potential future guests. I don't think these things are deal breakers but I do think they are worth noting:
1. Check-in was a very long process during which Les reviewed an extremely complex set of Alexa commands which are not written down in the apartment. He has probably around 100 different lights which are all on voice command. He spent about 45 minutes talking to us, which was very difficult to comprehend after an 8 hour flight and serious jet lag.
2. Les made it clear that his building does not like Airbnb and that we were to say we were "watching his apartment" if the neighbors asked. I'm personally uncomfortable with this.
3. Les had no less than 5 packages delivered to the apartment during our two night stay. Some of which arrived early in the morning with the door bell ringing.
4. When we checked into the apartment, we were informed we would need to leave early on Saturday, despite a 3pm check in time because a mattress was being delivered. This was not communicated in advance and we would not have selected this location if we had known, as we were out at a concert the previous night.
5. There are many clocks in the apartment. Unfortunately, Les forgot to disable the alarm clocks, so each day no less than 3 alarm clocks were going off in the living room at 5AM.