The apartment was small but well laid out, so it worked. Unfortunately, the walls are paper thin and you can hear everything in the next apartment (in our case, arguing adults and crying child) as well as everyone coming up the stairwell. Speaking of the stairwell, it is very narrow and at night, the lights are not on—you have to find and flip the switch on every floor. You have to use a key to exit the building and there is only one stairwell so it’s a bit of a fire hazard. Never met the hosts as you use a lock box but they were responsive by email.