Cathy's house was very cute and clean and in a cute neighborhood, largely as described. I do, however, have a few caveats:
1) Jeff is right; the kitchen suffers from having very few utensils although the description says “space where guests can cook their own meals” and that “cooking basics” are provided. One of the reasons we book airbnb is so we can prepare a meal or two each day. That was a little hard to do; we couldn’t find a salad bowl or any serving utensils, or even full-sized dinner plates. There were only three spoons (more forks at least) and three glasses for five of us. There were four coffee mugs for five coffee drinkers. (One of us went out and bought a mug.) We had the basics to wash up the dishes, except no kitchen towels to dry anything with, including our hands. You might bring or buy paper products like paper towels or napkins because these were not provided either. The kitchen garbage is teensy and there are no extra liners available. Just take the trash out frequently! And be aware there is a cooktop but no oven.
2) I know there are comments about the very hard bed, and while it is true some people like a firmer bed, this particular bed seems to be constructed of a wooden box topped with a few inches of foam. I’m not sure it is actually a bed. The “sofa bed” in the common area, where one of us slept, is extremely uncomfortable (even to sit on)--you can lie on the softer area, but that part is too short to sleep on, or on the longer side with a metal bar running along your back. Seriously, this is NOT a sleepable piece of furniture. There is something a single can sleep on in the back bedroom if privacy is not a concern.
3) We had a recurring problem with the hot water shutting off. We drove 500 miles to get there and had a funeral in the morning, and no hot water for showers, either the night before or the next morning (until Cathy came over and reset it at last). One person settled for just washing her hair in cold water in the kitchen sink, one heated water on the cooktop in a pot to wash up piecemeal, and one just took a freezing cold shower because he had no choice. The tankless heater shut itself off several times. I did not read any other comments of this nature so I assume this was a new problem and that it will be fixed promptly. To be fair, Cathy was responsive to my constant messages (“No hot water again”) and the night before we left she had someone come reset it and stay on site to reset it again if needed. The lack of hot water made me rate Cathy’s place lower than any of my individual ratings, because hot water is such a basic thing!
It seems like Cathy has responded to other comments (there IS a kitchen trash can now, and a pot, and a functional TV!), so assuming some of these deficiencies are taken care of, this will be a very nice place to stay.