Shannon is a great host, she is communicative and left beers in the fridge for us! Check in is easy. It is in an old building and there are some issues with the place, but Shannon is aware of them and working on it. The location is excellent in East Austin. The parking was great. Cenote is delish! However, a neighbor or the Cenote staff use a leaf blower every morning around 8 am. If you're on vacation and want to sleep in...this is your alarm clock. There are lots of homeless people in the area but we had no issues with them. The apartment is simple and safe, but it is rougher around the edges than it appears in the photos. For example, the toilet has no lid and is very low flow, we had to plunge it a few times. It was a good place to sleep but honestly I didn't feel comfortable spending a lot of time there. Overall, this place is fine and adequate. I was expecting a charming place with character. This place has character (if those walls could talk!) and was probably not-so-nice in the recent past before it was fixed up to be an airbnb. For a home base, if you're out and about on vacation, this was great. For an extended stay, spending time in the apartment, I would pass.