We had a nice stay at Jake’s home. It was comfortable and clean, well appointed and close to the adorable Temescal area. Jake was communicative, which was nice.
The two drawbacks are that 1)the listing is NOT clear that Jake and his partner live in the home full time. I was only alerted to this the day of checkin in his welcome email. While this is generally fine, it felt strange to walk into someone’s home filled with their personal photos and food in the fridge etc. having thought it was an empty Airbnb. It felt very much like we encroached on their very lived in space. 2)the listing charges $120 for cleaning, yet Jake asked that we put the sheets into the washer and tidy dishes into the dishwasher. That leads me to believe (rightly or wrongly) that he will not have a cleaner following us. Rather that he and his partner will simply clean themselves and change the sheets, pocketing the $120. While that’s fine in a traditional/old school Airbnb experience, guests are now charged an expensive cleaning fee, so I’d expect it to have similar cleaning service to a hotel. This was not the case. We did it anyway, but felt a bit cheated as we rushed out the door with two small kids to make our cross-country flight.
Overall, a nice place and location, but left something to be desired in modern expectations of an Airbnb rental.