I booked the basement apartment last minute on a cross country road trip with my mother & dog. I'll start with the positives, beautiful neighborhood & super cute basement apartment. Too bad I felt unwelcome & uncomfortable staying in Lee & Shannon's home. I thought it was strange how many times being "quiet" was stressed in the listing & in the house rules on AirBnb & in the Rule Book that was in the apartment. We felt like we had to whisper & tip toe around during our entire stay.
The hand soap in the kitchen & bathroom & the dishwashing soap was all completely watered down, luckily I brought my own soap & dishwashing soap. I always clean up wherever I stay, however there was no dustpan to go along with the very small, worn away broom that was provided. There is no a/c in the basement and there is only 1 small oscillating fan (high in Denver was 97 degrees that day). The House Rules made it clear that the hosts are not to be contacted unless it's a dire emergency so I did not dare to ask if there was another fan we could borrow. There is a full size washer & dryer in the basement apartment, however the rules make it clear it is not to be used by the guests. There were 2 bath towels provided for 2 people (very crispy, maybe the dryer doesn't work?). There was 1 roll of toilet paper, thankfully we didn't run out! Every time we opened the door to the apartment flies would swarm inside. For some reason Lee & Shannon request that the garbage is deposited in a lidless can outback. At least the flies kept Renegade entertained (we were scared to death that he might be bark at some point)!