Our experience staying at Dorothy's place was OK. Not great but not bad. Some of the good things about the place are, 1) Quiet residential and safe area, 2) Spacious inside, 3) The main bed is very comfortable, 4) Dorothy was responsive to messages, 5) It offered all the necessary amenities. All in all, if you're looking for a place that has all the basics, this place works.
HOWEVER, given that Dorothy clearly rents this place out full-time to Airbnb guests, we feel that she ought to invest some money in improving the home to offer her guests a truly accurate and quality experience during their stay. Please note that I've never given a review like this before. But in order to be open, constructive, and transparent for anyone reading this review, I'm going to share here a detailed list of improvements that Dorothy can make to the place. I already sent this list to Dorothy but I think it's only fair that I share the list publicly here so that people know some of the issues that they might come across when paying good money for this place:
1) As previous reviews have stated, this home has been split in two and she is renting both sides of the house. This didn't cause any issues for us but it makes the layout of the home kind of odd. The main odd thing is that the bedroom is right off from living room and access to bathroom is either through the kitchen or other bedroom only.
2) The AC machine is on sometimes 24/7 and the place gets too cold. We were there during a time when the weather was in the 80's and 90's. My mother was suffering multiple nights with the cold wearing a blanket around her because the AC would not turn off. I messaged Dorothy and she remotely changed the temp but it was still kind of a problem. Her communication about the temperature issue was not clear. She claimed that she had it set to 76 degrees and when I asked her what she changed it to she still said 76 degrees. As you can see, the guest is unable to control temp themselves. This is also highly energy inefficient that the AC is running all day, every day. I think there is something wrong with the thermostat of the home or maybe it's because of the split home setup.
3)The shower tiles are slippery and dangerous. This was dangerous for my aging parents and we had to put a towel down to prevent them from falling. Some bath mat solution is needed here.
4) There are two doors to access the bathroom and one of the doors does not have a lock.
5) The shower has a cheap shower curtain but in the photos advertised it shows a shower door. The shower curtain was barely hanging on on the railing and kept falling off. We had to tighten the hangers around the bar ourselves to stop them from falling off.
6) There’s an awkward window in the bedroom that allows anyone from the hallway to look into the bedroom through allowing for no privacy. We had to cover up ourselves.
7) There's no closet in main bedroom. Only open shelving so when you hang up your clothes or stack your clothes, they are just sitting there fully visible.
8) Sometimes water was leaking from under sink. We figured out that if soapy water went down drain while the garbage disposal was turned on then this would happen. The water would gush out of the pipes and into a bucket that seemed to be positioned there for this known issue.
9) As mentioned in previous reviews, the lock box doesn’t work. You have to use the key under doormat. Why Dorothy would not take the initiative to fix this I don't understand. Even for the increased security of her own property.
10) Smaller issue but still worth sharing is that the windows are dirty. Looks like they have not been cleaned in a long time.
11) Most of the time the pilot light of the stove doesn’t work and you have to use a lighter to light the gas instead.
In conclusion, this is a functional home in a nice area but it needs some TLC to make it worthy of an excellent review. I gave the place 3 stars and I hope Dorothy puts a little more money into improving the place given how much she's clearly making off of it. ;)