Let me start with the best parts.
The air conditioning unit inside the bedroom seemed new and worked great. It helped us sleep better by drowning out the loud street noises with the much nicer sound of the a/c and keeping the room at a perfect lower temperature while sleeping.
We got more than just a bedroom, we got a private bathroom and a studio apartment with all the kitchen essentials that anyone would need, especially for anyone planning a long-term stay that includes daytime use of the kitchen, dining and laundry area.
For what you get, the price is unbeatable, as far as I know.
Vanessa, Isaac, Rosa and the rest of the family were very kind during the rare occasions that we interacted with them.
Although we were only there usually from 11pm until 8am, we had a lot of privacy in the basement. Not sure how it would be if we had stayed home during the day time.
The washer and dryer were a great addition to our stay and although we weren't originally planning on using them, we ended up washing most of our dirty laundry a few days prior to checking out and both machines worked perfectly. They seemed new as well. One less chore to do when we got home.
I would definitely consider staying here again, if the price stays low, as it is now, or lower.
With that said, I would recommend our hosts some very inexpensive and even free improvements to the unit, that would've made our stay, and would make everyone's future experience, much more pleasant:
* 1st suggestion: Buy the right size of toilet seat. The toilet bowl was the elongated type, but had the wrong size of seat, the small round type, which made it very uncomfortable to sit on, because it kept moving constantly to the right and left and wouldn't stay in place. I mentioned it to Vanessa after our 2nd night of our 13 night stay, but she replaced it with another wrong size round toilet seat, for which she apologized for via text and assured us she would get it replaced with the correct size the next day, but that never happened, so we had to deal with that inconvenience every morning and every night, when we needed to use the toilet, for the rest of our stay.
* 2nd suggestion: Buy a very inexpensive plastic *shower caddy* to hang over the shower head, so guests can put shampoos, body wash, etc.. instead of putting them on the shower floor. Also buy better *shower hooks* for the shower curtain. The inexpensive plastic type that close completely are better. The metal open hooks you currently have, kept coming off every time we opened or closed the shower curtain. The shower curtain itself was also too long and bulky for that shower. Maybe positioning the shower curtain rod a little higher would improve the problem, or getting a new one, since the current rod has rust.
* 3rd suggestion: Pay for Pest Control service, or DIY for very cheap, to prevent roaches and other pests. We killed one roach crawling behind the bed headboard and we found 2 more on the common areas. We also saw a very fast House-Centipede crawling by the linen closet, which I've read they eat other bugs likes roaches, so I decided to not kill it. There was also a small spider on the shower ceiling, which I also decided to not kill, since it was on a corner away from me and it didn't really bother me.
What I ended up doing, to keep roaches away while sleeping, was to buy a small box of laundry dryer sheets and placed them in the bedroom, to keep roaches and other bugs away. Bugs hate the chemicals used in dryer sheets. I've used that method for years and it works anywhere.
* 4th suggestion: Wash thoroughly and clean the entire outside entrance of your house. It smelled like dog/cat poop and it was very unpleasant every time we entered or exited the building.
* 5th suggestion: Remove the old carpet in the bedroom and replace it with inexpensive adhesive vinyl flooring or tile. It will help with the strong bad odor of humidity and other bad odors that are difficult to remove from carpets, especially after years of multiple guest stays. That would definitely also help with the pest/bugs problem.
* 6th suggestion: There was also a strong smell similar to mothballs in the entire basement, which was very unpleasant and if it's truly mothballs (napthalene or paradichlorobenzene), it can be toxic to humans. I would recommend finding the source of that odor and removing it.
* 7th suggestion: Invest in an inexpensive mattress topper, made of thick memory foam, or equivalent. Your mattress is extremely hard and for most people, very uncomfortable. My partner didn't sleep comfortably at all any of the 13 nights and woke up with muscle pain every morning. I, on the other hand, can sleep even on the floor comfortably, but most people can't, so I would recommend spending around $70 on a decent memory foam topper.
* 8th and last suggestion: Finish doing your laundry before 9pm. Sometimes the washer and dryer were still working when we arrived very late at night (almost midnight) and the constant beeping of the machines didn't let us sleep, so I had to get up and stop the machine to be able to sleep.
As I mentioned at the beginning, I would still recommend staying at this location because of its low price and extra amenities, but I would advise to take into account the flaws of this place before you make a decision. If you can manage all its flaws, you'll love it! but if you're used to more comfortable and cleaner places, and are not willing, or able to handle a few inconveniences, I would advise you to look elsewhere, even if you have to pay more.
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