I wish we’d have known. This is a lot of work to write such a lengthy review, but I’m gonna do it anyway. I wish someone had done it before me, so I would have known before we booked.
My partner and I reserved Dan’s place for a 34 day stay. We specifically chose Dan’s place because it was within the driving distance we needed, it offered a private entrance with a private kitchen, for a competitively affordable price. We also looked forward to having a private outdoor space to enjoy that beautiful Colorado weather. It was quiet, and private, and we didn’t mind the sound of the window unit air conditioner, as I’m sure it helped to drown out any unwanted outdoor noise because we didn’t hear a thing (unlike some of the other reviews). My partner arrived before me, and left after me. We communicated with Dan through the app and he was quick to respond to messages, courteous and polite, and attempted to make our stay as comfortable as possible. And we were glad to help when he was out of town and some packages arrived and he reached out. However, the neighborhood wasn’t so great. I don’t know enough about Colorado, or this particular area, but we felt that maybe it wasn’t the best. I didn’t feel comfortable going for walks alone in this neighborhood, something I thoroughly enjoy doing in Colorado, and at the AirBNBs we’ve stayed at in the past. Below is a list of things I would have liked to have known before we booked our stay, so that we could have decided ahead of time if Dan’s place was a good fit for us. I did hesitate to post this all inclusive list, but decided perhaps it could help other guests in the future make that judgement for themselves.
1. You do have a private entrance, which we appreciated having, even though it was not very attractive unfortunately. The walkway inside the gate has a wood fence falling down on one side, and on the other side is the house. The house has siding falling off. It has some flower bed spaces lining the walk, but there were no flowers, only mulch and weeds.
2. The patio chair cushions were completely shredded. And they are the kind of chairs that must have cushions in order to sit in them. Within the first few days of my partner’s arrival, Dan told him that they would be arriving any day since he ordered them from amazon. During the third week of our stay there were still no cushions. When I inquired, Dan then said the place he had originally ordered them from was on back order so he was ordering some right then from amazon, and sent me a screenshot of the order. Unfortunately by the time the cushions arrived I was already gone, and my partner didn’t get a chance to use them before he left. So we didn’t get to enjoy the outside space.
3. As stated in the post, the tv does not work for any of the live stream apps. The post says it works for dvds only, but none are provided.
4. There is no coffee maker.
5. The air conditioner cover would not stay on and kept falling off.
6. Outside insects came in through the air conditioner window since it wasn’t sealed well.
7. The majority of hangers provided are wire hangers.
8. The trash can requires you to use your hand to lift the lid.
9. There are no bedside tables.
10. The kitchen table in the pictures of the post is actually outside. There is a different bar height table inside. It ended up working well for us because the barstools that came with the bar height table have a completely flat surface with no curvature for you derrière, so we were able to use those for the bedside tables. However, that meant we had no seats for the table.
11. There is absolutely no countertop space for cooking or preparing food. The dish drying rack takes up the counter space between the sink and stove, and the microwave and toaster take up all the counter space between the stove and the cabinet.
12. Also, you have to be really careful when using the microwave. It is sitting on a very unstable wire rack. There’s probably a reason for that since the bottom of the microwave door has been melted before.
13. All of the hand towels provided are microfiber cleaning towels; the kind that you buy in packages at walmart that are used for drying your car and such.
14. There is absolutely no vent on the stove, so be aware . When we cooked and needed to vent. It was a real problem.
15. When we cooked and had no vent, we attempted to open a window. However, when we attempted to raise a mini blind it completely fell out of the window. It wasn’t hardware mounted at all. It was just resting in the plastic end brackets and on a center nail.
16. We appreciated having our own kitchen, but it is pretty small, so not a lot of cabinet space. And the section of cabinets that goes from floor to top are not available for guests. The bottom is locked. And the top is used to store the cleaning supplies for the host. It would have been nice to have this space for a pantry for our month long stay.
17. This is an odd one, but the refrigerator is immediately outside the bathroom door. That’s understandable in such a small space. However, it would have been nice if the fridge and freezer doors opened up on the other side of the fridge. The side that it opens up on allows any “fumes” escaping the bathroom to waft straight into the refrigerator.
18. There is also no vent for ventilation in the bathroom.
19. The hot water was great, but you