We give the basement apartment 3 stars. This is not to say anything bad about Simon as a host. Simon is very responsive and kind. Our bad experience maybe COVID-related
1. Unstable wifi connect - when we first got to the apartment. The wifi was very slow ~12 Mbps and extremely unstable. It will drop constantly. Both of us are WFH and stable internet is very important. On top of all that, our cell network (Visible) didn’t work under ground so we couldn’t rely on that. It was a very frustrating experience. Simon is not a native speaker and not very tech savvy. We had to work with him for a whole two weeks to get that figured out. This experience maybe specific to covid because Simon’s kids are home schooling and the internet bandwidth was simply not fast enough to support 4 adults plus kids. I want to note that Simon has already fixed the internet issue so it shouldn’t be a problem for your future stay
2. Noise - throughout our stay we need to constantly text Simon to remind his family to keep the noise down. From the basement apartment we could hear everything the footsteps, people talking and yelling, furniture dragging, and even loud music. Again, this maybe covid- related since the kids couldn’t go to school like they normally would.
On the plus side, the apartment is not bad per se. The beds were comfortable and the sheets were clean. It got a nice 4K big screen TV. When we arrived there were some food in the kitchen and they even provide us with a humidifier, which is very thoughtful of them.