Mike is awesome. Super responsive and accommodating. A very classy guy.
Lidia helps run the space and is likewise a warm and lovely person.
They are the best part ...
For me, it was my first time using Airbnb and wanted to try it out since my wife refuses to. :^)
I learned from another host that I needed to request a private room if I was concerned about my laptop, etc., being safe. So, I put that in my filter. This space showed up as an option. It was only AFTER I booked that I was informed that I was getting a futon for a bed and that I would need to bring my own bedding. I fault Airbnb for this ... as Mike told me, after I booked, that it was NOT a private room (they have those but they were all taken) and I would be sleeping on a futon.
The futon is old, Lidia didn't even know how to put it into "sleep mode" (I did from my college days), and I was literally in the kitchen area to "sleep" in a hot, stuffy room that smelled super funky between the weed and whatever else they were burning there. (Again, having to sleep on the futon right in the middle of the action was not Mike's fault - but Airbnb. The funky smell? Well, that is on Mike & the ladies ... )
One of the guests started the coffee pot at 6 a.m. sputtering and hissing - the coffee pot - not her. :^) Three times. No going back to sleep after that.
It's in an "emerging" part of town. Security door to get buzzed through. I got hit up for money by street people every time I was outside waiting for my Uber. I kinda expected it once or twice, but just be prepared for that to happen potentially ...
Even though I booked it for three nights, I gave up the "adventure" after that one night, and got a nice clean, quiet hotel with actual bed that had actual linens, and A/C to sleep comfortably.
So ... if you can get your own room, and if smells don't bother you and you want some adventure, go for it. Maybe this works, and maybe it doesn't, but either way, Mike will shoot straight with you ... and hey, the price is definitely right!