The good things
1. Design and Layout:
The interior design and decor were what sold us on the place. We arrived and I was blown away at the layout and all of the artsy touches as well as the quirky rooftop experience.
2. Amenities:
The place had everything we needed in regards to bedrooms, kitchen gear, bathroom. and groove.
3. Great and witty host:
The host Danny made us feel truly welcome and at home. His communication style and wit is very engaging.
Room for improvement
1. House Rules and readability:
Where there is room for improvement starts with the need for an indexed document or binder for all of the rules and isms of the place. While I enjoyed the communication style, it was very difficult finding how to lock the door way down in Chapter 17 of multiple text messages.
2. Shower knob puzzle:
We were shower challenged and only got it to work once. One simple way to make it more intuitive would be to replace the shower knob to make it a single on/off hot/cold instead of an Enigma cryptograph.
3. Night of the banshee furnace:
In Chapter 10 we read that the furnace could be loud so we expected some “character” in this historic place. What we didn’t expect was it to be louder than our alarms and going off several times a night. It squealed like a train engaging the emergency breaks. Needless to say, the person in the loft didn’t sleep at all.
Out of his control
Sketchy Neighborhood:
We were excited to stay in the Rino neighborhood and had good experiences there 5+ years ago but it has changed. The local grocery and liquor store was too sketchy for our comfort level. The security and comfort of the place was great but the area is seeing some hard times.