We loved the great central neighborhood within walking distance to coffee, restaurants, bus lines, museums, lakes and downtown. Philip was a great host - super responsive and attentive during our stay! The apartment was clean and sweetly decorated and had a reasonable amount of natural light and a good variety of lamps and lighting.
There is a lot of mold/mildew in the shower enclosure. Anyone 6-feet tall or taller should be mindful that the shower is meant for shorter people and there’s lots of exposed piping throughout the space that you will need to duck for. There wasn’t a kitchen sink, so you have to use the bathroom sink to try to fill up cups for coffee, tea. And there’s a utility sink in the laundry area to wash dishes.
As the listing states, it is in the basement, and there’s no soundproofing or insulation between the Airbnb and their house upstairs. You have a separate side entry, but the spaces are also connected by an additional basement door, which also lets through sound. You will hear a lot of noise, some loud, from a family living their life – during our stay this included people walking (floor creaks to foot stomping), children screaming and playing, things dropping on the floor and conversations. Depending on your tolerance and expectations this it may or not be an issue--as you can see from other reviews. As long as you go to sleep after 10:30pm and wake up by 7:30-8am it shouldn’t be a problem for sleeping. The neighborhood itself was really quiet during the day and night during our stay.