If you’re looking to stay in the Richmond neighborhood near the park, the location is very good. The space had really high ceilings and two bedrooms, two baths, a full kitchen and a large living room area, which was great for a family of four.
Victoria arranged for some things to be brought over to make our stay more comfortable, which was a big help. She was very communicative.
The only issues that we had were that the parking situation was a little unclear- and we did not see the sign that said street sweeping was Thursday morning at 7, so we did get a an $85 parking ticket. I asked Victoria to put something in her rental to explain that to renters.
The thermostat was probably the biggest issue. It is controlled by the upstairs renters who make quite a bit of noise walking around at night. The thermostat came on repeatedly throughout the night and it’s rather loud which woke me up several times. The rest of the family didn’t seem bothered by it, though.
She did ask the renters to leave it off for us but that only worked the second night.
Minor detail- but it might save your toe. Watch out form the foot of the couch. 3 of us hit our toe on it. And it hurt. It protrudes quite a bit.
There is also some cigarette smoke that we smelled in the mornings -from one of the neighbors I suppose.
Overall though, the location is really good, there’s lots of great restaurants and a Vietnamese coffee shop just down the street. The park is very close, including the bison and Japanese garden, which was quite nice.