I had several issues while staying at the apartment, the main one was that when people who were staying in the room above mine (also Magda's airbnb guests) were walking around, or even just talking at a normal volume, it was so loud that I was unable to sleep. There was also quite a bit of, though intermittent, noise from the street, even with the windows closed. One night around midnight I got cursed out for asking three people, who were loudly quarreling in front of the building, to please move on.

Second, I learnt that I should have done my research on commuting times, schedules, routes and walking distances before I booked. Public transportation is good during the week but becomes much slower on the weekend; even when everything lined up during the week, it took me 50 minutes from the apartment to 33rd Street; on the weekend, sometimes 1.5 hours. The apartment is 1.5 miles from the Grove Street train station, a half-hour walk.

Third, the wi-fi in the house was very slow, about 0.5 Mbps. Other than that, the room and apartment were clean and well-equipped. Magda does not live there, I have neither met her during my three-day stay nor was able to reach her by phone (her answering machine apparently was full), so we communicated via the airbnb website and Magda responded within an hour each time. I voiced some of my concerns to her during my stay as well as afterwards, and ended up asking Airbnbn to intervene. Fortunately, Airbnb was able to offer me a satisfactory solution. I have no regrets as everything has its place in life, but would not be staying there again, in part because I prefer a more personable method of contact with my hosts. At the same time, I can understand why one might choose to document each exchange.