Stayed for 4.5 nights at Mike's place. Overall nice stay. Here is my review:
Pros:
- Great location, close to downtown with a nice view. Even though the downtown is in walking distance but I found the neighborhood too dark for me to walk at midnight and used Uber instead.
- Nice and relaxing apartment away from city sounds
- Mike was responsive and I heard back after 15 min on every msg. When I checked in, there was no kettle or pan in the kitchen and when I asked him, he brought new ones the day after.
Cons:
- The kitchen was significantly understocked. limited utensils, cookware, dishes and electronics. There were only 3 plates, 3 cups and 3 bowls. I had to buy extra plates and bring them back with me on the plane as I was cooking for multiple meals. Oh my god, the coffee maker was so tiny and could only make one cup at a time (We were coffee people). There was no kettle and pans were old (Mike was nice enough to bring new ones). There was no vacuum or cleaning broom (floor was very easy to stain). Lastly, there was no cooking essentials, namely, oil, salt, etc.
- There was no coffee table or couch side table in the living room.
- There was an iron and iron board but very difficult to use.
- Before making a reservation I had an agreement with Mike to count the last day of our stay as 50% rate because of checkout late. Would've been better if he had refunded the amount without me having to contact Airbnb.