This Airbnb rental offers good value for money, with important caveats.
Pros: Very central location, nicely appointed home with a comfortable king bed. Reasonable cost per night for the location. Easy check-in and check-out. Washer and dryer in unit. A/C available (was provided a portable cooler instead of central air during our stay, which was fine with us). Full kitchen to cook in, which was convenient (except microwave which wasn’t working - this was mentioned in description so not a surprise). Not exactly a kid friendly unit, but Marisa was understanding of our toddler moving some things around. Our requests were usually accommodated, if not most willingly (see below).
Cons: difficulty parking on the driveway as requested in the description, as there were almost always 2 cars already in the driveway. Kitchen was overall clean but the dishwasher was not emptied for the duration of our stay, and we had to empty and run it a couple of times to get the smell out. Several expired products in the fridge. Washer and dryer were not emptied during check-in, and after requesting partially emptied. We had to remove and fold some of the host’s laundry so we could then use the dryer. There is a dog that lives upstairs and occasionally is brought downstairs. She’s usually friendly but sometimes unpredictable and barked/snapped at us on a few occasions. We love dogs so this wasn’t a big deal, but I don’t recall reading about a dog in the description. The dog sheds a lot of hair and the patio furniture was covered in her hair. Lastly, communication with Marisa was an issue, with some delays in communication. Importantly, we feel that sometimes the vibe we got from the hosts was not the warmest. Marisa had some health issues at the time so we’re willing to chalk it up to that. However, during check-out there was definitely some indirect suggestions that we were overstaying our welcome (for the record, check out time is stated as 11am and we drove off at 11:12am, as can happen when getting a toddler ready). We tried our best to leave the place as we found it, but kept getting the sense we were doing something wrong. We hope that this was a one-off experience and that subsequent guests don’t have any of the issues we had.