The good: Cute place, the decor is beautiful, (including the artisan wooden window panels!), and the location felt safe.
The bad, for us: The parking is in the backside of the building, (side note: our Ford Transit van rental fit, for you fellow roadtrippers, but you’ll need one person to guide you in/out of the alley entrance to the lot, because it’s narrow!), and since there’s about a 50yd walk, plus front steps, plus two flights of stairs to the unit, be mindful of how much you actually need to unload if you’re on a long haul trip. We were on a road trip and had our 2yr old with us, which means not traveling light. We had to make frequent trips down and around and back. Hard to tell the layout from the photos; it truly seemed like a townhome/duplex style unit, but that’s on us for not checking for mentions of this. Easy if it were just the two of us, or our little was older and didn’t need all the extra gear.
Also be warned, the walls or insulation are a bit thin. Some R15 would really help, The neighbors, either next door or downstairs, (hard to tell layout of upstairs units, but was right on other side of the wall where we slept on sofa sleeper), had woken us with their heavy walking and thumping drawers a few times. We sent a message to the host when it first happened, inquiring if they were also guests and if they had quiet hours imposed too, (all of us, a 37, 50 and 2yr old were asleep and quiet before the noise curfew), but didn’t receive a reply until mid-morning when we were already packing and leaving soon. They said the neighbors denied it, asked if we were sure, (we didn’t know which exact unit, but said it sounded right behind where we were sleeping, in the unit next to us). Yes, we’re sure it happened, (we wouldn’t send a message in the middle of the night if it wasn’t actively an issue), and the host then said they have sound measuring devices that alert them of noise “longer than 5min”, and no alerts came in. That felt like we were being called liars, so that hurt a bit when we were the most respectful of sound and space, and others weren’t. We were just trying to honor the house rules, shame on us. It kept us up for >45min, and we just needed rest from a long driving day. We know not all guests are noisy and this could be a stand-alone event, but the response could have been a bit more apologetic and problem-solving, and less questioning or skeptical of us bringing it to their attention.
Other than those personal frustrations, the place was great, as was the value.