I had a bad experience with this listing. Read below for the details. Judging from the other comments, most people would be fine with this property, but you should know what Amir is leaving out of his description and how he dealt with his guest.

Issue with property: There is a window level with and directly facing the courtyard hallway that is NOT described or pictured in the listing. So, when people are walking by, it feels as if they are in the apartment. Also, there is a constant florescent din from the hallway lighting into the apartment at night.

Issue with resolution: Immediately after checking in, I emailed airbnb to inform them that was uncomfortable with the window and that there was no way of knowing about it ahead of time, based off of the listing alone. Since Amir has a strict cancellation policy, AirBnB said they had to call him and see if he was willing to make an exception. What followed was a very frustrating conversation with Amir where he employed a number of tactics unproductive tactics…
• Feigned confusion over the issue: After discussing the issue with airbnb and with me: “I fail understand the exact problem here. What is wrong with window facing courtyard?”
• Blame shifting: After hearing from airbnb about my complaint: “You saw the unit when you moved in first. Why did you not walk away. Airbnb would give you full refund had you not taken possession. Why did you choose to stay?” two messages later… “Yes it is a clear policy, and the window facing the yard is the first thing you would have noticed. I am puzzled”
• Feigned resolution of the issue: offered to move me to a different unit in the building… didn’t mention the increased price and second cleaning fee (another $150) I would have to pay. The best he could do was offer to reduce the second cleaning fee to $100.

Essentially, the only resolution Amir could offer was for me to stay in the current unit (which I did… read on to see how that went) or fork over ~$200 to rent one of this other units.

To top it all off, the power went out on the last night of our stay. I presume this was a one-off issue, but again, was disappointed with the handling of the issue. Amir was very non-chalant about the power going out, offering no apology or sense of urgency at all (“It is out Al over the region. Dwp says it will be fixed on few hours. I told airbnb you could cancel and leave tonight if you wish”). No generator on premises and no help offered – we used our cellphone flashlights to pack our things and check into a hotel. He did refund the last night’s rent.