What the previous reviews say about the host is true - Marvin is extremely responsive and helpful and has set up many things in the apartment to be ideal for a long-term stay (e.g. working spaces in both bedrooms, well-equipped kitchen, etc.). However, the value for the price of the apartment was below what we expected - the furnishings and finishes are very low quality, the walls are thin, the hallways smell, the apartment is directly next to the trash room causing the occasional “visitor,” and the neighborhood, while extremely well-located, has declined in terms of street upkeep, so there is a lot of trash on the ground all the time (far more than in MANY other neighborhoods in the city). In addition, and perhaps the most disappointing, the mattresses in both bedrooms were untenable; my husband and I switched off sleeping on the futon in the living room to save our backs. All in all, with some improvements to the furnishings and building upkeep I could give a higher value rating, but we were unfortunately disappointed.