You're paying for location, 100%. There were 4 of us and everything was fine. I'm just really clean and had a big problem with the smell of mildew or dogs, I'm not sure which. We bought febreeze and dealt with it, but i wish it had been disclosed. Also, i know it's a basement apartment, but everyone above us was wide awake and rowdy at 7am. Again, not the worst thing by any means, but it wasn't ideal.