Akiko is very friendly and welcoming. The room, as well her entire home are lovely. It's very clean and comfortable.

Here are the things I had a problem with:

Hot water. The bathroom closest to my room had no hot water and she only told me this after I nearly caught pneumonia.

The light to the room is in the kitchen. Apparently she turned part of her kitchen into a guest room but didn't bother to change light switch.

The so called private driveway is shared by a number of others and so I was worried about my car either getting trapped inside driveway or stuck out on the street.

I asked how many others were staying there but she would not say. One morning there were people brushing their teeth in the kitchen. It felt like an international hostel, which is great, except that was not what I signed up for and paid much more than I would have had I just gone to the hostel downtown. I felt duped by her ad on Airbnb.

It's a nice neighborhood though if you don't mind some very odd inconveniences.