I'll provide a few advantages and disadvantages of Evan's unit.
Advantages:
- Location is great. It's the best advantage that this rental gives you
- Kitchen will cover most of your needs
- Has a balcony
Disadvantages:
- Cockroaches (I made images in case this will be questioned - happy to provide them to Airbnb or host)
- Room is tiny. It's hard to understand it from images. It's smaller than an average hotel room that you'd expect
- Balcony covered with net which is held together by pieces of wire or barbwire - keep your children away
- Unit hasn't been renovated for a long time. Only the bath tub looks a bit newer than everything else
- Only one bed sheet set, no comforters. Bed sheets are worn and have stains from previous guest
- Not the unit itself but the building looks and smells really bad with chemical deodorizer smells in the lobby and elevator.
The host offered us to provide a 5* review in exchange for a 5* feedback. It doesn't work like that. And it actually explains the majority of positive reviews for this unit considering its poor shape. Argument that this unit provides great value in comparison to hotels across the street doesn't work, because as I explained above it's the questions of cleanliness and hygiene that need to be addressed first.