Grace was very nice and sympathetic!
The children were quiet, the dogs were friendly and didn’t bark too much. The area was quiet and close to the Galloping Goose Trail. The bed was very comfortable. In spite of all the good things, my husband and I were somewhat disappointed though.
First, it was way smaller than we thought and we felt uncomfortable that there wasn’t a curtain on the window of the front door. Second, the studio was not as clean as we expected (due to the reviews). The shelves of the kitchen were greasy and sullied, a lot of the dishes (glasses and cup of wine especially) look unwashed and were filthy, one of the bathroom’s drawer was full of hair, the shower didn’t drain, there were spider webs hanging from the fixtures and decor, we found stinky food that had been expired for a year stored in the kitchen cabinets and we spotted a big sperm stain on one of the decorative pillows. I have worked in hotels long enough to say that, unfortunately, this place wouldn’t have passed the cleaning inspection without retaliation towards the housekeeper and an upgrade towards the customer. So, I spent a big part of the first day of our stay (30 days) just to clean the room. The vacuum stunk when used it (the filter has to be changed). Finally, there was just Netflix on the TV and it didn’t work at almost every dinner time because too many people were connected.
In a nutshell, if you are a clean freak as I am, I would suggest another AirBnB, but otherwise, the Secret Gateway is very well situated, in a quiet area, and host by a very sympathetic lady. Also, the bed was very confortable!