Unexpectedly In Manchester during a difficult time and in lockdown, I felt fortunate to have found this place at a great price and with Matt as my host. Being inside 99 percent of my month-long stay gave me a good sense of this property's rhythms. What you'll love: Happy bees on a historic building will welcome you. The floor-to-ceiling views are pretty great, Wifi was fast and stable, on-demand services on a SMART TV, a good selection of guidebooks and cookbooks and a few board games are provided if you want them. Kitchen is very well equipped, for reals. What you might find challenging: Lockbox for checkin faces away from street so you need to operate it upside down, and also in the dark if you arrive after sundown. The blinds take time and patience to lower. The sun moves from left to right over the day, which has a greenhouse effect on the flat. Water temperature cannot be controlled above a certain point. It is not step-free to the lift, and many flights of stairs (eight?) if lift isn't working. No garbage bags, laundry soap, paper towels, foil or plastic film are provided so you need to get your own; I did not leave behind anything I bought. What I experienced: Lift/elevator only worked for 7 of 28 days. Two key window blinds are broken, so louvre direction cannot be changed, allowing six floors of residents to see everything you do. Noise from heavy footed next-door neighbor, construction and the street; cannot imagine what it's like when the city is open and alive. Welcome Guide sent to me was incomplete. Plants were shriveled or near dead, and I revived the ones I could. There were a couple times I was left to sort out issues on my own, which is fine, but then contradicts the point of having a host. I'm empathetic that hosts had more important priorities. The whole building/flat tremors when a bus or truck passes, which is often, and this contributed to my decision to end my stay as I'm from California and this triggered an auto-alert from growing up with earthquakes. That said, I'd be happy to try again in a different property. Cheers!