On the first day our team arrived, we could not enter the building for almost an hour. The codes and scanner did not work and no one was stationed at the front desk. Some other people were having the same issue and it left one team member feeling very unsafe because she was outside for so long with her bags trying to get in. Plus, the surrounding area is HEAVILY populated with the homeless which made her uncomfortable arriving alone. Check-in was at 4 but when she did get in the room wasn't ready and they made her wait till after 6 PM before she could finally settle in.
The rest of the team arrived the next day and it was made obvious at this point this wasn't the safest place to stay. You were bombarded constantly by homeless each time you entered and exited the building, it was difficult to get in when the door was locked (especially since the code to enter was changed 3 or 4 times during the week of our stay), and when it wasn't locked you worried that random people were wandering the building.
For a cinderblock building, you'd hope it would be more soundproof but unfortunately, that was not the case. You could hear every conversation above, below, and beside you in neighboring units. This resulted in almost every night our team not being able to sleep. Most nights one unit dog barked from around 11 pm till as early as 1 am before it finally calmed down and another night a VERY aggressive fight broke out just outside our unit door between two men at around 3 in the morning till almost 4 am including both men screaming at the top of their lungs and almost entirely profanity. We didn't have a peephole on our door so we couldn't see what was happening but we were worried based on the neighborhood and the violent temper of their fight if gunshots would break out. At some point, we believe it was the police that broke up the fight.
We informed the Airbnb hosts and they said they'd tell the building but security was almost never posted at the building despite this. It's a shame because the unit itself was nice. The beds weren't great but the unit all in all was properly represented in the images however I wouldn't subject our team to staying there again since everyone was truly concerned for their safety.
In the end, we left early and there was no resolution other than a sorry and we will let the building know.
If you're a college kid staying at this building for a trip just be aware of your surroundings. Being that the building faces the public library and the homeless are fed right at that corner there are a lot of transient people. Plus parking is around the corner so you have to walk by a lot of homeless just to get inside which isn't always the easiest when the door was actually locked. If you are traveling for work I would absolutely suggest looking for alternative solutions. Being that this building is lots of people in their early 20s it's REALLY loud and it makes it hard to sleep.