The apartment is in an excellent location and very quiet as it is in the back of the building. The living room has very comfortable furniture. However, the apartment it is not really set up for paying guests. Every drawer and inch of closet space was taken up with the owner's personal belongings. I realize this is Mary's primary residence, but clearing out one drawer or a few feet of closet space would help guests settle in. In addition, every surface in the apartment was covered with stuff to the point where there literally was not any place to even set down a cup of tea. Further, there was not one single sheet of toilet paper in the bathroom when we arrived so our first exploration of the area involved a quest for TP. Most vexing of all, I was awoken in the middle of the night by the bed collapsing! I moved to the couch for the night and my wife spent a sleepless night on the better side of the bed. I was able to take the bed apart in the morning and fix it, but this is really not something a guest should need to deal with. On our second day we were politely, but pointedly, questioned by the superintendent as to why we were there. I recalled then that the house notes said to tell the superintendent we were friends of Mary’s. In other words; to lie! Apparently there is some provision that discourages renting the place out on a short-term basis. If a host does not have the right to have paying guests, they should not have them. This put us in an awkward situation. Finally, the oven did not work (not mentioned in the posting) and while the apartment was not truly dirty it did not show evidence of recent cleaning in spite of a $100 fair labor cleaning fee. Of note, we have rented small, urban apartments many times in our travels and expect certain limitations, but this one needs significant re-thinking on the part of the host before being an acceptable rental.