Well... I'm on the fence about how to review this listing. John and Michelle were great and their communication with us when we had issues was prompt and was resolved quickly. The check in process was seamless and very easy, finding a place to park was absolutely dreadful. I had to drive around the block numerous times to try and find a meter to park at just so we could do our check-in. The unit itself is really nice and is well decorated but some of the photo's on the listing didn't match the interior of the unit... not a big deal though but worth mentioning. The unit has a small kitchen with not very much counter space so cooking food or doing any prep work for meals would be difficult. It also only has one bathroom which is in the spare bedroom, not in a common area, so when you want to shower or use the restroom you have to go into someones elses bedroom and well... you can see the issues there. It was a nightmare for us trying to tip toe into the room and not bother our kids who were asleep, to try and shower or brush our teeth or even use the restroom. If you're traveling as a couple or by yourself its not a big deal, but if you have anyone occupying that space it is a real inconveinence. The unit is right off of 2 main streets in downtown and it is extremely NOISY till about 3 am most nights. There is a karaoke bar directly across the street that blares music with the doors open till early in the am. On the other side, the street is completely closed to street traffic due to COVID but all the bars/restaurants have extended their outdoor dining areas into the street so you hear all the music from the clubs, people laughing and yelling escpecially from the hookah lounge.The building is old and the windows are original single pane so your hear everything. My recommendation is to bring ear plugs to sleep with and don't bring children here because they wont get good quality sleep from the sirens, loud motorcyles and cars honking and the other noise mentioned above.
The unit was marketed as having a washer/dryer in unit, but it was found inoperable with water leaking onto the floor in the bathroom. Looking inside the door of the washer it was coated in mold/mildew as if that water had been in there for quite some time. Jonathan, the gentleman that checked us in, said that it has been broken for a long time and he even mentioned that most of the buildings other units with washers in them were also inoperable. No mention of this was ever made by Host. When we contacted them about needing more towels because of the flooding on the bathroom floor, they quickly delivered more but we were told that we would need to use a coin laundramat on the 2nd floor to wash any of our clothes. Pretty disappointing! Now the laundramat was also in disrepair, the washing machine seemed to work ok but the dryer was out of order so our wet clothes were brought up into our unit and draped throughout to dry... Not ideal. No apology was given by host, not required obviously, but would have been nice or maybe offer alternative solutions that were'nt at my expense. Although the unit appeared clean, the floors were very dirty leaving our bare feet black. Contacted host and they had cleaners come out and re-clean the next day which was nice.
The parking situation is horrendous! There is construction throughout downtown so entire sidewalks with meters are closed to parking for the construction vehicles. Other metered parking is blocks away usually and only has a max time limit of 2 hours so you have to feed the meter continuosly. The meters go till 8pm then they are free but then everyone is off work so they come to downtown to eat/drink/play. So good luck because they are still all taken. You also have to move off the street every Tues-Thurs-Sat I believe from 3-6am for street sweeping which is very annoying. There are open parking lots you can park in overnight but they charge anywhere from $15 to $25 per night.
Overall our stay was just ok, from the parking to the disappointment and inconveinence of the unit and bathroom/laundry situation and the constant noise... we probably wouldnt consider this unit again despite the hosts being nice and addressing our concerns.