When I first checked in, it was nothing like what was pictured. The bed was missing the headboard, there was so much excessive furniture in the room which resulted in clutter in a small space, the microwave had a burn hole in the front window and looked like it was 100 years old and never cleaned, the closets were full of clutter, and the bathroom vanity was falling apart. The oven door didn’t close properly and the hot water knob in the shower was stripped. The worst part though: the walls looked like they’d been through years and year and years of damage without being redone at all, they were in terrible shape. The pictures on the listing needed to be updated.
The host, however, did make a tremendous effort to fix everything that I mentioned, including replacing the bed frame, microwave, and bathroom vanity, and painting the walls. And fixed the small things as well.
I was actively in the middle of discussing a long term rental price with the host when all of a sudden they had a new tenant book the unit and didn’t tell me… I had to follow up to ask. So that was quite annoying and frustrating, but again, they did make an amazing effort to help and offer a different unit.
Honestly overall I would say this apartment is much better than when I first moved in. I would advise to use caution when booking this apartment. I wouldn’t advise against it though.
Overall, it was clean, and was everything I needed. Just needed some maintenance and upkeep over the years, or to show images that were current.