I'm a professional travel writer who has written more than 1,000 articles over 17 years, about attractions, performances, and hotels, including dozens of AirBnBs.
This location has a very gracious host who goes the extra distance to make you feel at home. She let me store my food in her refrigerator, for example.
The space is upscale and very clean. Though you'll need to share it with others, the bathroom is large and in good condition. The bedroom is also large, and comes with a work desk. It's acceptably quiet at night.
A few things to note. You'll have to walk up stairs to the second floor. The hosts will ask you to take off your shoes. This AirBnB is one of those sad places where the host has no bedroom, but instead lives in her own living room. To get into the shower, you'll need to make a high step over the lip of the tub.
Unfortunately, two problems prevent this listing from being perfect.
First, the bed has a thin, cheap mattress. It often surprises me how far hosts go to make a space comfortable, but then skimp on the mattress. Traveling is exhausting, and if I can't get a good night's sleep, what really is the purpose of an otherwise great AirBnB?
Second, the house is not properly heated. I get it. The host can save a few bucks by bringing the heat down into the 65-68 range. It's too cold.
These two issues make this listing really a 4-star space, but with a gracious host and very clean and large space, I decided to give a full 5 stars.
A few suggestions to the host:
-- The toilet paper holder is inadequate.
-- Get rid of the chaos of leftover shampoo bottles in the shower
-- Provide body soap in the shower
-- Leaving out free supplies and food is somewhat undercut if they are hand-me-down treats left behind by guests from United Airlines, of unknown age. Just buy some crackers every month.
-- Don't block the heating vent in the room
-- Put the trash basket next to the work desk.
Overall, it's a good value, unless you are sensitive to the bed quality.
5 stars, with some caveats.