The check in was very easy with all the photos. The location was great for my needs, street parking was easy to find. The shower and the bed were great. Very comfortable. The rest of the place was a bit shabby, but clean in all the ways that mattered. It felt like I was staying at a college apartment that was just put together with hand-me-down furniture. It was functional, but not quite what I expected based on pictures.
The communication with Gretchen and Jim was very responsive if we had a issue, however, there were A LOT of very long, copy &paste emails throughout the entire stay. It was a bit much, and several were irrelevant to my space. The place is advertised as having a second sleep space besides the king bed, but then instructions specifically said the couch was not for sleeping (even though there was a mattress and sheets on it). The owners dogs were very sweet, and had free range of the backyard- but after a couple days one of them kept jumping up and biting our arms as we would open doors etc. wasn’t a hard bite, but a bite nonetheless. Gretchen and Jim were very responsive when we messaged about this concern. Other cons: no drying rack for dishes, and only one bathroom hand towel to do the dishes. But a new sponge was nice at least. I am not a prude about marijuana, and I know the space was cool with marijuana use indoors, however, when we arrived, it smelled as though someone hot boxed the space and it was very stuffy. There was very little ventilation options on the bedroom side to air it out- or push air through the space.
Overall, the space was functional and gave me a somewhere to sleep. But, I felt it was way overpriced for what it actually was.
And the “karma bowl” was a nice kind of gesture. I get what they were trying to do- but a old, dirty pipe with an ashy half smoked bowl was really gross. (College kids style).