Pros:
- Clean
- Location is good if you have a car or are okay with a lot of walking
- Very comfortable bed
- Mini fridge access
- Adorable cat!
- Maria is very responsive
Cons:
- No flexibility with check in/out. Due to a flight change on my arrival flight, I got in at 11a instead of 1p and wasn't allowed to even drop my bags off before checking. Instead had to wait 5 hours with everything on me. Was also told to leave bags for a few hours after check-out would be $50 cash. In my experience as a guest, AirBnB hosts have been way more flexible about this considering how often changes in travel plans happen. As a former host myself, I always did my best to at least accommodate bag drops, for traveller peace of mind as well as safety reasons.
- A lot of noise. Outdoor noise is one thing, but between loud conversations/shouting at each other several nights in a row, loud TV until late, and the cat scratching on the door at any hour of the night, sleep was very hard to sustain. The provided ear plugs were okay, but I used a white noise app in headphones to get better quality sleep. While the price of this place isn't high, with the level of noise it should definitely be lowered.
- I injured my knee on day 2 of my trip and while I don't expect a host to go out of their way to help, offering to provide some ice or helping me carry my bags at check-out would've been really appreciated.
Overall, I think it's a good stay if you're a heavy sleeper or if you plan to be out and about most of the time and only need somewhere to crash.