My partner and I booked this last minute because we were visiting family in the area but had to find another place to stay and work for a few days due to a person in the household getting a breakthrough infection of COVID. Before accepting our reservation Will had warned us that they lived above the apartment unit and we would hear their footsteps as they moved around.
We weren’t on vacation so we spent a lot of time in the Airbnb while we worked during the day. So this review is written with that in mind.
The positives— It was easy to communicate with Will and the place had all the basics we needed for a few nights. The photos are mostly accurate. The living room/kitchen area is a bit on the darker side because the only window there is the slide glass door that faces their backyard that is up against a hill so there is not a ton of direct light.
The drawbacks— the noise we could hear while in the unit was quite distracting and more than we expected despite Will’s warning. We expected the creaking of the floorboards above and muted footsteps as Will and his family move around above. We could also hear the muffled talking when Will had calls, when the garbage disposal was turned on, the pitter patter of their pet and even when they had their TV on in the evening. I would describe the sounds a guest might hear as the amount of sound you can hear in an older two-story home. The sound is not as insulated like between two apartments or hotel levels.
TL;DR not ideal if you plan on working from here and are expecting the quiet of a one bedroom apartment. It feels more like an extension to a home that has a separate entrance. But probably a good spot if you’re here for vacation and will be out and about most of the day anyways.