Overall I'd have to say this was not a great airbnb experience. There were a lot of less than desirable details that when all added together led to a pretty lackluster stay.. First the positives: Alexandra is an extremely courteous and prompt host. She gave a nice thorough house tour through voice message (normally through phone call but I arrived late), returned messages quickly, and granted a late checkout. All of which was appreciated.
Now I'll fast forward to the biggest issue which was running out of hot water when showering! On the 3rd night when my gf arrived I first showered for about 10 minutes which was fine, then within about another 10 minutes of my gf showering the hot water ran out! She screamed at me to check and I didn't believe her, but we kept turning the knob all the way to the left and it was colder than lukewarm. Definitely not comfortable to shower in. She had to turn off the shower and stand in there for about 10 minutes hoping the hot water would return. It got a tiny bit warmer, but not comfortable at all so she just finished off rinsing quickly. She was not a happy camper as you can imagine. I called and messaged Alexandra immediately and she responded a few hours later and in the end couldn't find a plumber to arrive on a Sunday. She did provide a $50 credit which is appreciated but definitely not worth the hassle. The next day the water got better on its own but we were traumatized to say the least, and each took rushed 3-5 minute showers thereafter just to be safe.
Moving on to the other details.. First thing you have to do before entering is to download the August app which grants you access to lock/unlock the door via bluetooth. Pretty convenient after setting up but it was annoying to spend 10 minutes to register and get it working. Last thing you want to do after driving 6 hours is to do an app registration process, would much rather punch in a key code to enter. Not a huge deal.. Next, upon entering the first thing you notice is a strong musty sour odor, as if from cigarettes but not quite. Hard to describe. It's heavy and takes a few minutes to get used to. Even upon returning from being outside all day, you never get used to the smell when entering again. Parking is pretty convenient along the street, IF it's not on a Friday or Monday morning when there's tree trimming going on! Cannot park on one side on Friday from 7am-12pm, then the other side on Mondays same time. My stay was from Thursday-Monday, so this was pretty inconvenient because parking was packed on one side of the street, and the alternative was to wake up before 7am to move your car on the other side.. Wish this was told to me before arriving/booking. When you want to sit in the living room, you notice there are stains all over the couch and dining table seat cushions. Not something that makes you feel very relaxed. When you do sit on the couch, you realize you need to charge your phone and computer but can't find a nearby outlet. The nearest one is all the way across the room which no cable can reach. Perhaps there was an outlet behind the couch somewhere but I wasn't in the mood to move things around and search. Not really ergonomic. The wifi would disconnect occasionally with my cell but good with my laptop. Minor. Huge TV in bedroom with HDMI cable but no Roku nor free channels, so it was left unused. I feel with all the other airbnb options these days, this was a miss as most places have Roku/Netlfix included. The 'kitchenette' is a shelf consisting of coffee maker, cooler fridge, and some other items, but no kitchen sink! There wasn't a convenient way of rinsing food debris from your plates. There is a plastic container provided to place dirty dishes so you don't have to clean them, but who wants to leave stagnant water laying around? The only sink is the bathroom sink and we didn't want to get food in there.. No coffee nor tea packets were provided either. The bedroom closet door was detached from the upper sliding bracket, so I had to fix it for it to slide. The door is heavy too so that was annoying. We didn't realize the toilet was leaking a bit of water, so by the end of our stay it had a little pool of water in the left corner. Lastly, as to rub it in, a random dog laid a fresh pile of poop halfway during our stay right along the front yard walkway, so we had to deal with walking by that for 2.5 days :/
As you can see none of these details on their own (aside from the shower hot water) is a huge issue, but when you combine all of these together it amounts to a very poor overall experience. Despite the host being very friendly, it didn't make things better. We were never really comfortable, nor relaxed. Just wanted to give some honest feedback to some of you out there.