To start, the area is definitely an area I would honestly say does not seem like the safest neighborhood.There was a lot of weed smokers during our stay, (can faintly smell it in the apartment, but it was pretty predominant outdoors). The apartment itself has a lot of stairs- initial stairs to go down and stairs to go up to the second floor, so I don't recommend this to anyone that has issues with stairs. The apartment itself was alright, we rented a two bedroom that also had a pull out sofa. We were a group predominantly Asian so we are used to not wearing shoes in the household... that being said, the carpet feels really, really dirty and in desperate need of a shampoo. The bottoms of our feet were pretty dirty by the time it was bed time just walking around barefoot so bring sandals just in case if you don't want to be trekking your shoes around the apt. Size wise, we were a group of 5 and the apartment was definitely big enough to give enough space for everyone. Another plus is that there are washing machines on site. I can't speak for the master bedroom bath, but the bathroom in the hallway has pretty poor water pressure, but soap/ shampoo is provided.
Now, there was an incident that happened that we were surcharged 80$ after we checked out, and the resolution is why this is a 1 star review as opposed to it being a higher review if there was an amicable resolution. The host's cleaners claimed we had left "excrement" on the bed sheet/ mattress covers in one of the beds, which was a little insulting to be honest and also my friends who slept in that bed were completely grossed out because they didn't know about the stains and had been sleeping in it for two nights. They were appalled and also they said they did nothing to cause such "stains" and in a hypothetical situation and if stains were caused on our part, there were washing machines on site, would've done the laundry at the very least as responsible adults. But, it was the cleaners words against my friends, and my friends insisted they didn't eat or do anything to warrant such stains. None the less, I tried to explain the situation and tried compromising to meet in the middle (basically half of the charge being asked) because there are times when previous tenants cover up by "fixing" the bed and cleaners are laxed and don't change the sheets between every tenant. None the less, the host did not budge so we were responsible for the entire 80$ charge.
This honestly would've been a higher review, but after that rough resolution and me paying additional 80$ on top because the two guys that slept that bed felt wronged and swear they did nothing to make those stains left a bad taste in my mouth and not so fond memories of SD.