I want to leave some accurate feedback because some heads-up information wasn't super clear from the other reviews and that would have left us with a stronger first impression going into it head-on.
The Good
- Will was super nice, helpful, and responded to any questions very quickly.
- The location was amazing for walking to nearby bars and restaurants.
- The house was very cute and accurate to the pictures.
- We ended up being mistaken thinking we were renting the entire house rather than a section of it. After the initial disappointment, the space we did have was plenty large enough.
- The hot tub was nice but realizing it wasn't private due to sharing units I didn't use it but my husband did and enjoyed it.
The Bad
When we approached the house thinking we had rented the entire place we noticed chew toys in the yard followed by loud barking. Someone else in the house owns 3 very large dogs who would bark constantly at anyone who would walk past and even at us when coming to and from the property. I doubt this tenant is "short term". The dogs were friendly after barking at you but it wasn't ideal.
Another review mentioned these same dogs and the response was that it was another temporary tenant. I don't believe this was true after our stay. This felt misleading and would have been a personal deal-breaker for me had I known ahead of time and probably why I'm writing this review to clarify to expect these dogs to still be there if you are visiting spring of 2022.
The place is older and renovated but there is poor sound insulation. You can hear every bark, footstep, and drawer being opened by the other units. From the living room, the sounds were louder than any noise from a bedroom in our same unit. No doubt other units could hear us as easily. I wanted to leave and cut our losses after the first night but tried to stick it out and it got better.
There is an issue with the lack of parking on the street and the garage provided is a tight fit for a regular-sized SUV. If you are renting a large SUV you'll have to find a place on the street if you are able.
One of the toilets wasn't flushed when we checked in which made you worry about the overall quality of the cleaning crew used. I didn't find any other big sanitary issues other than that.
The washer and dryer are a "single unit" but we weren't able to figure out how to get the dryer to work after multiple attempts.
Summary
How much you enjoy your stay will depend on what you are looking for. If you just need a place to sleep while checking out the town and don't mind all the noise within the unit then it's completely fine. Noise aside the unit is modern, cute, and comfortable.
If the noise and lack of privacy is a problem then renting out an entire house rather than a section of one is probably a better bet for that area as all of the homes are older and most likely have similar sound insulation issues.