The pictures look nicer than the actual apartment. My apartment also wasn’t cleaned when I arrived (at 5pm), albeit the hosts refunded me the cleaning fee and the cleaning lady was very courteous. But after a 12-hour flight it would have been nice to jump straight into the shower or take a nap.
Overall, the apartment needs some fixing up. The cabinet doors of the closet were falling off when I arrived, with one actually hitting me when I tried to close it. The WiFi also went in and out while I was there.
I am familiar with the downtown area however this time back, I noticed there were a lot more homeless people as well as druggies. One actually jumped out at me to try to scare me (then laughed about it) when I was going back to the apartment one night. No harm was done but it was unnerving. Just be careful if you choose to stay downtown. The location is very convenient though and super close to restaurants, drug stores, coffee shops and a 7-11.