The house was in a great, quiet neighborhood. We were lucky that the week we went, at the end of August, was pretty quiet and we were able to drive into town and find street parking easily. Chris’s communication with me was excellent. I had a few issues when we first arrived and he addressed them immediately.
I do not like giving negative reviews but I do feel that there are some very important points for people to take into consideration before booking. If you have very young kids, anyone with difficulty getting around, or older people this house may not be the best fit for you. The steps to get up to the driveway outback are extremely steep, cracked and very short steps with no railing or anyplace to hold onto. The front steps are also very steep with no railing. My parents are in their early 70’s but in great shape for their age and both of them had difficultly navigating them. I was also worried that the kids would not navigate them appropriately without a railing and fall (not to mention trying to unpack/pack car up with all our stuff for 7-days with 7 people). Also note for anyone with anyone having difficulty getting around quickly there is no bathroom on the 1st floor.
The house is an old 1930’s row house, so there is definitely lots of creaks in the floors (which is to be expected), but I do feel this house is not “updated” as indicated on the ad. If you are just renting for a weekend and not planning on hanging out at the house you may not notice a lot of the issues we did. But, we rented a house as we were planning on spending a lot of time there when not sightseeing and there are a lot of areas of the house that need to be fixed up.
Again, I don’t want to deter anyone from booking this house, as the location and host were great, but I do feel that I need to put an honest review of our experience and especially for people to be aware of how dangerous the outside stairs could be to certain people.