The host has done an amazing job with decorating the apartment. A few points of criticism: When I walked in, the apartment was stifling hot and smelled musty (like an old house). I discovered there was no central AC, just a window unit in the bedroom and another one in the kitchen. I ended up shutting the one in the kitchen off because it couldn't cool the main living space, which meant I spent all of my time in the cool bedroom with the french doors shut.

There was a significant amount of noise from the upstairs folks and next door neighbors. I left the window unit running all night to block out some of it.

On my second day, the host messaged to ask if he could show a realtor the place and I said it was fine. But then the host said he misplaced his extra set of keys, which meant he had to enter the apartment through the window in the bedroom. This was fine - I understand things happen, but what I didn't realize was that the apartment would be unlocked for the rest of the day while I was at my conference. This made me uncomfortable when I returned and found the door unlockedd. I also had to climb onto the house and stretch over the gate to unlatch the gate, which left bruises on my arm and was a little annoying.

The neighborhood is fine. You can tell there is gentrification happening, though not fully. I did walk the neighborhood quite a bit, but only after consulting with a local as to the safety of doing so.

While I enjoyed the apartment's decor, I wouldn't stay here again.