Cynthia was a great host - very responsive and thoughtful via text message even before we got there. She greeted us (my girlfriend & I) at the door at 9pm with 2 cups of her special brew of iced tea. We felt at home considering we are Texans. We got to know her a little bit before heading upstairs. The room was accurately represented on the online pics - we were surprised whenever she told us there was no AC, though! Being from Texas where every single building is air conditioned, we were hesitant but she explained that it's really not necessary in Colorado. A 2nd look at the airbnb page showed us that indeed there was no AC listed as a feature of the house - no dishonesty there.

The location was great - close to downtown and close to some of the local rent-a-bike locations. Great access to local bars, although I don't drink so I wasn't able to take advantage of that. Parking wasn't too bad, we had rented a little Ford Fiesta so we always found spots on the block the house is located on.

We felt as if we had privacy at the house even though it's just a private room - sometimes you don't always get the privacy you would like.

Funny enough - the lack of AC ended up being an issue even though it was extremely rare that this would have occurred. On our 2nd day there, there was record breaking high temperatures of 101 degrees. Cynthia took extra measures other than a window unit to prevent overheating but it couldn't combat the 101 temp. I felt hesitant to say something, but eventually it was unbearable and called her to let her know we would be leaving early. She was extremely nice about it and apologetic - we referenced a partial refund and she immediately offered to refund us for the previous night that was had spent there as well in the intense heat.

Again, I can't imagine that this would be an issue at pretty much any other time. Would have been 5/5 if not for the heat, which is something Cynthia couldn't control.