The location is convenient and the back patio is a nice feature. The owner is communicative regarding the check in.
Per description, it is a private place with free parking on the premises. Actually, it's a spare room adjacent to the owner's with a somewhat separate entrance. One can hear through the thin walls and see through the bath room windows. The parking is on the street with a city permit and usually available within a block.
The entry into the room requires to lift open a gate that is heavy and off the hinge. Then through another door that is shared with the owner's unit and then through the garage where the owner keeps his car and storage and then through an exit from the garage to a patio that leads up a set of steps with loose bricks. This entry way is very precarious during the day time, especially with the bags to be carried and dangerous in the dark with risk of slipping and falling.
The bath room amenities seem used up and left over. Only one bath towel is given. I've always left all AirBnB's I've stayed at spotless. The house rules here state to clean up the place - floors, bathrooms, garbage, bedroom area thoroughly and yet charges a hefty cleaning fee.
The patio is a nice outdoor space (weather permitting) but does not provide any privacy with the rest of the place.
The owner, though is trying to be timely with the check-in, he makes one feel intruded upon.
If I didn't have the time constraints of the dates after check-in, I'd have asked AirBnb for a refund and to re-book but given my other considerations I decided to suck it up.