*TL;DR: I originally booked a 4 month stay, but had to leave early due to the fact that the house had mice, and the host was uncooperative about my leave.
The neighborhood is pretty alright. It is an area that seems to be on it’s way up. A place where you can talk to friendly neighbors one block, then face street harassment the next. I avoided going outside at night more than usual here.
You cannot control the temperature in the basement at all. There is a space heater provided, but I brought my own. If you get cold easily, I would suggest blankets, and making use of the heater.
Ceiling height is mentioned in the listing itself so that wasn’t a problem for me.
The noise was a big problem. The ceiling is so thin that you could hear conversations, music, laughter, and any noise from upstairs easily. This was especially difficult for me since each weekend there were new guests upstairs.
Noise also came from the pipes. A loud banging noise whenever the water was used upstairs or in the basement.
This is a basement unit, so some bugs are to be expected, especially due to the time of year I stayed. But there were spiders, house centipedes, mosquitoes, and spider-crickets. When I talked to the host about this, I was given a can of Raid Bug Spray.
*****Then about a month in, I started noticing mice. The host did not originally do anything about the mice until I messaged her a second time and she got an exterminator. The exterminators said that the problem was pretty bad, and given that there was a giant hole under the kitchen sink, they were getting in through there and running through the walls. I needed to leave immediately, since mice are incredibly noisy, unhygienic, and not a problem I should have had to deal with. I packed my things and even packed the hosts’ things to keep the mice from destroying everything. When I asked if I could leave within the week instead of the 2 weeks notice, I was declined. So I had to continue to pay for the unit with mice, even after leaving.