Great location, plenty of restaurants within walking distance. We walked to Sloan Lake Park and hit up a couple breweries one of the days.
The pros: nice, homey, house in a quiet older neighborhood, lots of people and dogs walking around, seems very safe, no trouble with street parking, close to lots of things, the host answered all my questions promptly, we figured out how to use the speakers (after downloading the app), large & comfortable sofa in the finished basement for watching TV, a binder with house & local information, outdoor space with outdoor furniture, a slice of mountains can be seen thru the trees, key/locks were easy to use. The home has everything a person needs such as linens, shampoo, soap, hairdryer, coffee maker, washer/dryer,etc…just like home so you do not have to pack those things if you don’t want to. The coffee pot uses whole bean coffee, Megan did tell me that in advance, but I forgot so I brought ground coffee. Good thing she left me some whole beans to use! Keep in mind this is the host’s primary home, not a vacation home, so it definitely feels more like a home than a vacation rental.
The cons: there are 3 bedrooms & 1 bathroom upstairs and 1 bathroom downstairs. Don’t forget your clothes if you shower downstairs! The upstairs bathroom does not have a lock on the door, it has an open shower with no door or curtain, and there are no blinds on the windows. The windows only look out to the roof of the house next door, so no one can see in. It did make me feel uncomfortable at first, but we all got used to it. Like I said…it’s only the roof next door that is out those windows. We decided early on if the bathroom doors were closed they were in use. An open door means not in use. Simple enough work around to no locks on the bathroom doors.
We had trouble making the swamp cooler work properly so we were glad for the window units. I should have asked for more specific instructions, Megan would have likely been able to explain what we were doing wrong. It was cool enough for me, but my sister prefers ice cold temps.
Pay attention to the opening and closing hours/days for the local shops & restaurants, they are all different.
All in all the house served our purpose & we had a nice stay.