So this is definitely a worthy find for a traveler: beautiful old house with exquisite details, squeaky, authentic, I enjoyed every bit of it and extremely grateful to Ryan for keeping it that way and making accessible to others.
However a few cons: yes the neighbourhood is not very nice at night, I did not make any prior research of that and went for a walk to get some groceries at like 9 or 10pm and that turned out to be genuinely scary. Exploring it during a day is actually fine, it’s really full of all sorts of hidden gems. I was using metro for the entire week of my stay and never had any issue about it, location is very convenient.
It’s definitely not your hip “all inclusive” experience. It’s a big house where some folks live more long-term, so bathroom was not always sparkling, the fridge is small and hopelessly crammed, it was pretty cold on my top floor (I was there in December) and occasional sirens, squeaky stairs and nearby metro trains were disturbing my sleep (though I’m definitely overly sensitive to the noise type).
But still, would I be glad to return there again? Surely yes to that and thanks for having me.