The bedrooms and bathrooms were clean and well maintained. The kitchen was clean, but there were barely any dishes, there were 2 water glasses and an assortment of plates. For 5 people that would not have sufficed, luckily 2 of the people in my group did not come so we survived. There were leftover sauce packets and random crap that had not been thrown away from previous guests all over the kitchen and in the drawers. As mentioned in previous reviews, the neighbors upstairs were running around late and up early. The beds were also very low-cost and uncomfortable. There was trash all over the outside yard - broken glass and bottles, etc. We did not have any issues with safety or violence.
As for check in, I looked at the instructions and there is an alarm that the host has to disable once you enter. My flight was delayed and I didn't land until 10pm. I thoughtfully texted her to tell her we wouldn't be there for at least another hour. So she disabled the alarm early in case she was asleep by the time we had gotten there, but it would have been nicer if we didn't have to worry about waking her up in the first place. That being said, arriving in the dark wasn't the easiest, there was no porch light which would have made figuring out the door lock easier and feel safer upon arrival. So have your phone flashlight ready.