First the good: the host Tina is helpful and responsive. She arranged for us to have a parking pass during our stay and we were able to easily park on the block. The apartment was large for our family of 4. The street was quiet at night.
However, I would not return to this rental nor recommend it to anyone else. While the description was not inaccurate- we knew to expect an old building with “quirks”, the apartment just wasn’t comfortable. The furniture had the air of having been cobbled together from cast offs. There was no water pressure in the shower. The bunk bed creaked so much my kids had a hard time sleeping. The queen bed was very hard and with a street light glaring into the bedroom even with the blinds drawn. There was a mouse in the living room who was so bold he ran across the room a dozen times while we drank our coffee. The overhead light in the main bedroom stopped working halfway through our stay, and the overhead light in the bunk bed room did not work at first but started working on the last night. There was a can of Raid in prominent view in the kitchen. When we arrived, there was left over food in the fridge. The apartment doesn’t seem to have had any maintenance or upgrades in decades.
We frequent vacation rentals and are hosts ourselves. This home needs significant updates in order to be comfortable for guests.