This dark basement apartment isn’t great. You can’t have guests visit you (he explicitly says no one can visit, so I had to request my brother be allowed to briefly visit me…) The apartment is very dark, and you can hear everything upstairs. The cheap couch was totally broken and so were several other items (pillows, curtains, holes in the roof). The host made no acknowledgment of that when messaged about it. The coffee pot was dirty upon arrival. Etc.
They send you a very, very strict, fairly off-putting, hostile message when you check in. Hardly welcoming. It’s just not a pleasant place overall. And when you leave, the host emails you comically expecting a 5* review. The whole experience was uncomfortable, and the hosts create a negative, cold experience.