Great location, and generally a comfortable place to stay. It is newly renovated, and the renovations are quite nice, but it’s the details that are missing.
The lighting isn’t great, especially if you want to use the kitchen space. Indeed, the kitchen itself is a bit of a challenge with less cookware/dishes than an extended stay hotel. No sharp knife/cutting boardThe place sleeps 3, but if you’re the third, bring a coffee cup because there are only 2.
On the same note of “sleeping 3,” 4 flat, crappy pillows for 3 adults was not great. We did go out and buy two king sized pillows, so hopefully that’ll help future folks.
And mirrors. There is a single mirror. It’s in the bathroom, and if you want to do your makeup, you’ll need to be a gymnast to navigate around the wide raised bowl sink, or open the shades in the kitchen to get enough light in your compact mirror.
There isn’t a lot of space to unpack. No shelving in the bathroom, no dressers, and only 8 hangers that were falling apart (again, we bought a bunch and hope they help future guests). It is difficult to navigate living out of a bag for 10 days, but for a few days it shouldn’t be an issue.
The laundry is a great convenience on site, but it is a trippy situation to navigate. If you think it’s weird, you’re in the right place. Also, quarters are pretty tough to come by these days, and the Ralph’s across the street or the Shell on the corner absolutely refused us change. I recommend bringing quarters - $2 for wash & $2 for dryer.
Finally, and this is nit-picking, literally everyone and their mother dye their hair these days & lots of folks use make-up. Having ONLY white towels that you’re going to ding people for getting makeup/dye on, is not very forward thinking. Have towels available for all guests - they don’t have to be white 😉.
High praise on having parking on site, a real plus. Sam was very easy to communicate with, very responsive and helpful.
I would absolutely stay at any of Sam’s places in the future, but going in knowing what I’ll need helps.
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