Our host sounded very friendly on email. Too bad she said she was busy and coulden’t come and meet us, we had to go a 10 min cab drive away to get the keys. She always comunicated with us via mail, probably was away at the time.
Globally the apartment was not a terrific experience, though it has some good points going for it:

pros:
- really near to subway
- really near to park for taking a run
- internet connection working well, tv with netflix running
- friendly notes the host left for us in the flat to explain the working of most everything
- the place was quite clean on our arrival
- beds very confortable, nice linen

cons:
- main defect: defenetly “without a view”: all the windows look towards narrow internal court spaces so the curtains have to be drawn at all times, quite claustrophobic we found. The kind of place that makes you want to get out as soon and for as long as possible, for us with 2 small children that needed some down time at home to relax it was a real problem.
- becouse of aformentioned window situation you can’t open the windows for air, so loud air conditioning has to run at all times (summer).
- the flat is full of objects, there was no room for us to lay our things, although we were staying 2 weeks the host said she coulden’t free any drawer space, that we should manage with the “hanging space” wich are 2 hooks behind the door of each room..
- the building is quite dingy (stairs are dirty, joint butts around on the steps, garbage always laying around at the ground floor).
- cocroaches, had to kill several, probably it is impossible in such a building not to have them, even if you keep clean
- the neiborhood also is quite run down, not many shops, not pleasent to walk around (except for the next door park).
- broken elevator (5th floor, maby it will be fixed by the time future guests arrive)

In conclusion: the place is ok for young people that will be out of the house all day, like a good robust internet connection, and don't want to walk much from the subway stop when you come back home late in the evening.