Lily is a great host! She was responsive and helpful throughout our stay. Some considerations of the house and area:
-We we’re a family of 4 with teens kids. The kids loved having their own rooms for the stay. One bathroom wasn’t a big problem, even though we’re usually spoiled with 4.
-great water pressure and heated water (immediately!) in the shower.
-House has so much you may need (hair dryer, many towels, extra TP, kitchen utensils, scissors, qtips, lotion, laundry detergent that looks like so many people have bought and left half used, plenty of pillows and blankets, floor fans, etc.)
-there are TV’s in the living room and one bedroom. It was great to unwind in the living room with the window open for a nice breeze. We also enjoyed the trivia game cards!
-Kitchen has everything you’d need to prepare a meal (though you won’t want to with all the great restaurants in walking distance!). It took us a bit to get used to the small receptacles for trash, recycle, compost and we had way more trash/recycle than could fit. So we tried to use paper bags to keep separate.
- Location is incredible for restaurants and pub crawling. We stayed for a week and didn’t make a dent in all the options!
- it got unseasonably hot when we were in town (over 90 in June!). The house doesn’t have central air, so we did our best cycling air in through the front door, window and using the floor fans.
-the home is at the back of an alley. Great for privacy, but also pretty common for homeless to hang out near the main road. There were fresh feces dropped not far from the door early in our stay, so that was unpleasant. Unfortunately a lot of homeless in the general area.
- don’t recommend a car unless you have to. $35+ per 24 hours, you walk through a gambit of homeless to get to the garage and they say they lock overnight, but they don’t. Lost a back windshield (with nothing left in the car) our 2nd night. It is electronic payment which was easy and convenient.
-probably not a great location for small kids, but was fine for teens. Ours went out alone and could walk a few blocks for snacks or meals no problem.
Overall enjoyed our stay and having the place to come back to each day was a real treat!