Ali place is well located, only several minutes away from metro station, you can get to downtown in 20 minutes! Also there are plenty places around his place to go for jazz music or restaurants. The only drawback here that the neibourghood seemed a bit sketchy at first but everyone was very nice around the area so we felt safe.
Ali himself was very nice host. He was always available even if away to cover all our questions. He also provided us great recommendations about the places around.
All in all we were lucky to stay at Ali place!