First and foremost: There was safety issues at the apartment involving the host.
I don't find it to be an issue to not have much communication with he host as I can figure out most things on my own and I would rather not deal with others anyways. That's subjective to you.
The apartment itself was fine, though it really really needs a deep cleaning. I cleaned the AC filter that was packed with years of dust. The windows can hardly be seen out of.
The apartment was also extremely noisy from the street below, though to no fault to anyone, just worth mentioning. Would help if you could actually close all the windows though.
Though again to no fault of the host: The heat cannot be controlled and the AC window unit did not subside the insane heat. I would never stay here again for that reason alone. I woke up everyday from the stale hot air causing my nose to bleed.