Homeless people, a battered woman on the front steps, neighbors LOUD music until 3am, tactical police searching a car in front of the apartment, very undesirable neighborhood and topped off with BUGS!
Upon arrival I immediately wanted to leave but I didn't have additional funds since it was all paid up in this rental. The neighborhood was less than desirable with homeless people at the entrances to almost every business, upon entering the apartments kitchen we noticed flies, fruit flies and another flying bug I don't know what it was. It actually ended with a huge bug in the bathroom on the wall, and just before that when my husband was stripping the bed he found spiders. Yup - IN THE BED!
I told the host, they blamed me for leaving the back door open, the back door we never once accessed or opened let alone left open to allow bugs. I spent whatever time we were there killing bugs and praying a mouse didn't run out of the cabinets in the kitchen...I say that because there were mouse traps in the bathroom and the feeling of the neighborhood, I wouldn't be surprised of what else was there.
The first morning my husband stepped out to find a woman who was freshly beaten sitting on the front steps. With my 3 young girls in the apartment I was grateful they didn't walk out to see that!
On the second of the 3 nights the neighbors began their music in the afternoon - on full blast - and didn't stop until after midnight (the co-host told me to just call 911) the final night they were partying again, this time until after 3am. Don't expect to get any sleep in this place! Especially since there are bugs in the bed!
Earlier that night, about 10pm, we saw a police car out front with 2 officers in full riot gear pulling over a vehicle and searching that vehicle.
Even is this place was free I wouldn't stay there again at all! I would advise you to keep searching!