Overall, the stay was OK. The location was very convenient with good transit nearby and a nice park where you could walk for hours if wanted. The area is nice and quiet, except that a block away is a bus stop and 7-11 store where lots of shady looking people congregate. We never had any issues, but it felt a little uncomfortable at night to walk past that corner.
The apartment is large, but with limited natural lighting since it is in a basement. The owners live upstairs and seemed friendly and helpful. Beware that they have a dog who can be very aggressive. You need to get to the apartment through a back gate, a the dog was there one day when we came back. He did not attack, but we did have to back out to the alley before the owner got control of the situation. We could hear the owners and family walking on the floor and they seem to have a sliding glass door we could also hear downstairs. After about 9 or so they were quiet and we slept well. The toilet is very near the shower making it difficult to sit and I am under 5'10". If you are much over 6', I don't see how you could manage.
I did not like the kitchen. There is a stove, microwave and toaster over, which is OK. The problem was the cookware consists of three frying pans with one lid that doesn't match any of them and one baking dish. The frying pans had been put into the cabinets still unwashed from the last time they were used and we had to wash everything we used. There was an empty bottle of dish soap, so I used shampoo to wash the dishes we used before hand. Considering we paid a cleaning fee, I don't feel like I should have to wash everything BEFORE using.
All things considered, it was not bad, but could have been a lot better.