My family of 4 stayed at Lea’s place for a week. We were disappointed in several aspects, but overall did find some great points as well.
The great:
Location. Centrally located and easy to get to. Also, it was 3 blocks from my sister’s house. Can’t beat that.
Beds. As a home that is “lived in”, the beds (at least the master bed) are of very high quality. In all my Airbnb stays, this was the BEST bed I’ve slept on. Better than most hotels too.
Response time. While Lea was almost entirely hands-off with us, when we did make a request, she responded immediately.
The not great:
As a lived in space I certainly expected a person’s belongings. But I also expected that they would leave our family a place to put our own things. We were there for a week. 4 of us. And there wasn’t drawer or closet space, nor even a hook left available to us. This home is filled to capacity with the owner’s belongings, and this made it less than comfortable and very frustrating as everything had to be kept in our suitcases.
The towels. While they were clean, they were also old, tattered and some were also stained.
The kitchen. I was shocked at the small size of the kitchen, the lack of some basic essentials (no salt and pepper shakers or coffee maker). The counter space was non-existent. And the refrigerator had several of the owner’s food items, including perishables, still in it.
There were also several weird idiosyncratic things that I privately informed the owner about so that she could attend to them.
Overall, this place was not great for our family. We felt like party crashers who stayed after the owner’s left. It was as if we were intruding on the family, rather than paying guests.