Check in is made by going to the hosts workplace to collect keys.
The home is spacious and an accurately described shotgun style home. It is tidy outside, one of the nicer ones on the street. There were some cleanliness issues which I have discussed privately with the hosts. The decor was a little rough and it was not up to a great standard in my personal opinion.
The location is close to town but as a first timer to this city we were shocked at the dilapidation of the area, and the roads are in need of serious work! There was a broken beat up car outside the property for the duration of our stay, and trash littering the sidewalks.
The neighbour was polite and told us where to park, they reserve a parking spot by moving the bins. Note that people enjoy sitting in their porches around here so if your sat in the living room trying to watch tv you will hear the neighbour talking to friends on the shared porch. And you have to ask them to excuse yourself as you get all luggage out which can feel a little annoying and un private but this is a shared area so to be expected I guess, as it is a joined on home we heard noise through which I have also discussed with the hosts.
The beds were not our preference and super loud when moving around and disturbed sleep.
The kitchen was well equipped if you like to cook.
The host communicated effectively, unfortunately we decided to cut our stay short here as it was just not a great property for us personally and some issues became too much for us to consider staying again for the night.