STAY AWAY FROM THIS LISTING IF YOU HAVE OTHER CHOICE. If I have only stayed this place for 1 or 2 days, I probably will say this is an OK stay. However, since I have stayed for 33 days, I think I have the right and responsibility to say something here.
My name is Zoie, I am a designer and I am currently working and slow traveling. To ensure I can still catch up on work, I chose to stay longer and place listed as “suitable for long stay ”and that’s how I got Kelly’s place.
This place is simply a money mill, self check-in and out and Kelly doesn’t care about hosting other than how much she can make out of it. The building is old (built at the 1920s) and it’s not remodeled other than a few tricks they did to make it look ok on pictures: basic furniture, cheap white painting, cheap curtain rod that can fall off and some discounted ROSS decorations.
But a result from that: the shower is dripping, the electronic system is weak that one hair dryer could blow it off, the heater would shut down by itself, the refrigerator broke down. Plus, there is no dishwasher, temperature control and washer/dryer. I don’t know how dare the host would list this as suitable for long stay since those are basics for longer stay.
What pissed me off more is Kelly’s attitude. Kelly didn’t say anything on the day check-in. And during my stay, I have experienced: heater shut down for 3 times, electronic system shut down for 3 times, both the shower curtain and window curtain rod fell unexpectedly, refrigerator broke at day23 and all my food has gone bad. My conversation with Kelley is as mechanic as report those to her. She would send someone or ask me to fix it, but she acted like those are OK and she is doing me a big favor. She would say “the rod is installed by a professional handy man” and “I have no control for refrigerator broke after 23 days”. I ended up open the electronic console myself and I SAW BARE WIRES TANGLED WITH EACH OTHER, no wonder a hair dryer can blow it off. The whole infrastructure of this place is old and it’s unsafe, but Kelley doesn’t care. For the last 10 days, I have only a mini refrigerator to use for all my grocery need. And Kelley refused to compensate any lost associated with the dysfunction of this place, nor mentioned when she would fix the refrigerator.
The only thing I like about this place: LOCATION. I have explored the Hillcrest neighborhood and it’s actually really cool. But this doesn’t mean, you have to stay with Kelley. There are so many other alternative choices: hotels, short term suit rental. Those are the same prize point or even cheaper but way better quality than this.
Kelley probably would say something about me but you know where she is from. I wish you all have a good trip and stay away from her listings.