I would avoid this place if you intend to stay longer than a weekend. The initial check-in was immensely stressful. We arrived promptly at 3pm and still had no instructions on how to enter. After numerous messages and a phone call we still received no response. It wasn’t until an older woman in the upstairs apartment came out and told us it was almost ready that we could breathe easy and felt the panic of being scammed subside. It wasn’t until forty minutes later that we could enter the space. The host sent instructions with a vague explanation that the previous guests trashed the place. While I can sympathize with that the lack of ANY communication was inexcusable. We were clearly just an afterthought.
Upon arrival the space was clean but had almost no essentials in the kitchen. We had to request cups. There was a few forks and knives thrown into a drawer and two pans. Thankfully there was a microwave. No dishwasher which I knew going in, but no dish rack or dish towels provided.
The space is dark and dismal since it’s a basement apartment. Made worse by the fact that 6 of the 12 lights were out when we entered. Again, no thought given to our arrival. We requested the lights get fixed and they were the next day along with the cups.
There was no a/c unit which we had to request as well, but I will say that was put in very quickly. The man taking care of all these requests was a delight though. His name is Jean and he deserves all the credit for the few positive moments we had.
All in all this host is woefully underprepared for her guests and puts no time into making the space a comfortable or cozy place to stay. For the price she’s asking it’s simply not worth it. The lack of communication made us question everything from the onset and she did nothing to make up for the time we lost. Much better areas and hosts out there for the money.