Our stay at the cottage was OK for these reasons and considering the price. I wouldn’t stay here again if I were to do it all over. There are better stays available for the same cost that have more privacy, better parking, just as good of views, etc.
Positive:
-The VIEW is AWESOME. Can’t beat it. The location is okay and generally near a grocery store and restaurants, etc.
-The host was very responsive expect for one instance that was significant as listed below
-Hot tub provided much needed relaxation after long days walking and touring
Negative:
-The pictures of the cottage don’t give a real sense of its surroundings and are generally misleading. There is a large industrial building on one side (no windows which is good), a dental office in literally the back yard with a deck that they frequently are on and some sort of apartment building on the other side. None of the pics in the ad led us to believe this was the case. The apartment building has lots of windows and with the dental office deck literally in your back yard, there is no real sense of privacy at all.
-The spiral staircase going downstairs is SUPER tight. Good luck getting your suitcase up and down it.
-There was some sort of vegetation growing through the wall on the back of the cottage. Just weird.
-The AC quit working for us and didn’t work for almost half our stay. The host was very prompt to get it looked at and repaired but we still went without this for 3 out of 7 nights. When asked for compensation, the host mysteriously went from being prompt to respond to silent. She never responded so I had to seek this through AirBNB. I was compensated about 5% of the stay cost for this which is crazy.