The apartment is a nice and large apartment essentially as described. The location is very close to good public transportation and supermarkets. However the following issues exist regarding the apartment:
1. The apartment is on the corner of a very busy street. The street noise (heavy traffic including buses) reaches the second floor - both the front bedroom and living room experience significant noise.
2. The hot water boiler in the kitchen was faulty and starting significantly leaking part way through our stay. This was a pre-existing problem which had not been properly fixed as evidenced by the numerous bowls surrounding the boiler. As a result we had no hot water for 24 hours. Although the host got a repair person to come at 10 PM (22:00) he was not qualified to fix the boiler.
3. When we requested a partial refund the hosts became totally unresponsive.
4. The apartment is a second floor walkup. On most nights there was no hall way lighting. You have to walk up the steps in the dark!