Pros: Location is great and mintues away from most things. Walking distance from cool shops and restaurants. The other people in the building seem nice and it was not loud on the week day. My dogs were allowed and the host didn't seem concerned about much. pretty clean besides the carpet and throw pillows.
Cons: First, I wish I would have read the other reviews before booking. In my personal experience the shower was the worst. I am a female and traveled alone with my dogs, if someone is in the balcony on the second floor they can most definitely see inside the shower. There is some sort of plastic on the windows of the shower so on top of the shower curtain blowing and literally sticking to your body, you have to worry about both windows doing the same. I had literal panic attacks trying to shower in there.
The carpet smelled so bad when I sat on it with my dogs.
I noticed a draft and saw one of the windows was completely broken open. i informed the host and was surprised he already knew of it and did not get it fixed before my stay, he said it was special order but I feel thats enough of a reason to postpone bookings until it gets fixed. I was turning the heat/air up and down the whole time. he offered to have a handyman come but I was only staying two nights I was mostly concerned about the heat bill. although bugs were also getting in from the open window. the host sent me $6 for coffee for my trouble.
While I was leaving the mailman came and I was walking my bags to the car, I think he saw the keys and may have put them in a mailbox and locked it because when I went back up to the door the keys were gone. IMMEDIATELY I informed the host and was told I had to pay $250 for a locksmith.
I am concerned because feel there was 0 effort to look inside the other mailboxes or ask neighbors because I looked for over an hour for the keys and still havent found them coming home. this was my very first air bnb stay and it was a very uneasy experience. Lessons learned but I would not stay here again, even if I didn't have another option.