The host was fairly responsive although I had to call 2 times to get the entry code and only received it the day before I was to arrive. The house was as advertised as far as # of rooms and space although the pictures make it look newer than it is. The dishwasher, alarm, one microwave and the washer were all only partially working (no cold water hooked up to washer so had to wash in hot then wash again with no soap in order to do a load -- one microwave only ran if you reset the clock each time you used it, etc). The middle bedroom upstairs is very stuffy with no window and awkward door placement that keeps it from receiving air flow from window acs in other bedrooms. The neighborhood is ok in day but sketchy at night with open pot smoking, congregating young men in some areas and one gun shot incident involving police. It worked ok for us as we had 12 in our family with 5 of them men over 6 feet. Not a place for a girl's trip and my daughter did not feel safe to run in the neighborhood. We used the bus to get to the nearest metro or only used the bus. I would not stay here again.