Pros: the place is spacious and looks almost identical to the photos. Great privacy—I didn’t run into anyone. Host responded to texts/calls almost immediately.
Cons:
1. LOUD. The floors must have been paper thin because the noise from the upstairs neighbors was extremely loud. I tried sleeping with headphones blasting but even that couldn’t drown out the thumping sounds of their footsteps. This was very dissappointing especially because the listing describes the place as quiet and having sound insulation, which is part of the reason I chose it. I was woken up by the upstairs neighbors around 7am each day and the noise continued for a couple hours.
2. The place is a 10 minute walk from the train station, but that walk is not one I felt safe making alone at night.
3. Finally, the gate to the property requires you to punch in a code to get both in and out, and that gate was a little finicky. One night it wouldn’t unlock even though I entered the correct code. I contacted Jason after a few attempts and he told me how to reset the lock so that it would work correctly. Luckily he answered pretty quickly but by the time I made it inside, I had been standing outside for 10 mins in the middle of the night. I was worried that neighbors would think I was trying to break in (I’m Black so I do have to think about these things) which made me feel extremely unsafe.