So I have a very mixed review, probably 3-3.5/5 overall. Let me start off by saying that Melissa did me a solid by allowing me to have my kitty with me(I stayed for 2 months so it was much easier to bring my pet than travel without her). However, I booked the place 1 month before arriving and she decided to add a pet fee 2 days before check in. That seemed very unprofessional to me, but it would have been very difficult to coordinate another place to stay for 2 months on such short notice so I went ahead and paid the extra cost. There was also a little trouble getting in and getting out. I left about $50 worth of stuff in the apt and wasn't able to retrieve it because there wasn't a central business number or attendant to call and Melissa is currently on vacation.
Secondly there is a modem and router in the apartment but other apartments use it, "Fast Internet". That last part gave me some troubles as there was always more than a dozen devices connected to the router at any one time. That basically meant that the internet was very spotty. It also meant that I would get texts(I would say I averaged 1-2/wk) from the owner sometimes as late as 11:30 pm, sometimes when I was at work, to fiddle with the router. I'm not an employee; services like that should either be separate or should be managed by employees.
Lets talk about the space. I really liked the layout and all of the appliances seemed to work just fine. It's small for an apartment, if you're from the midwest like me, maybe it'd seem larger if you're from a major metro area, but it met all of my needs. Basically when you factor in the location the physical space was very nice. That's why I booked it, and there weren't any other options in the area. It seemed like the space was a weird cross between an actual hotel and a private residence. There were lots of units, but not many people looking after the units. I wasn't paying for things myself(it was a work thing) so it probably would've been a better idea to just go with a hotel. I like Airbnb for the community aspect and personal attention/connection.
The part of this visit I disliked the most was that when I tried to extend my stay she asked several times for me to pay outside of Airbnb and that was not something I thought was acceptable.
TL;DR: Decent space, great location if you're working at the university, not very professional(a hotel or a single person with a single space would be preferable), even with the added fee it was pretty cheap.