It is hard to find 2 bedroom places in this area in the summer at a reasonable price, which may explain what we saw as the host's complacency (as discussed below.)
So first, the good things: Iocation is great, host was a good communicator, price is reasonable for the area. Kitchen appliances are new and kitchen is roomy. If you just want a place to sleep and have breakfast, this would fit the bill.
But lots of disappointments from what we were expecting from the listing. This is a basement unit with just 4 narrow windows, none of which looked like it they been washed in years, and you can’t open any of them. The only way to get fresh air is to open the one door, which has some kind of broken screen liner. You enter the unit by going down a cramped set of cement steps to a beat up door. Some flowers or something would have helped a lot.
The two bedrooms are cramped and dark; one has a huge old dresser that is totally unsuitable for such a small room. The light switch in one bedroom is complicated and barely operates. One closet is jammed with an old mattress and foam topper; there’s no way to hang any clothes in the closet – but there are only 4 coat hangers in the unit anyway. When I went to put a “new” sheet on the bed, the one I pulled out was ragged; the pillows and towels were old and worn out.
The bathroom was okay, but in the very small shower, there was a variety of almost empty shampoo/conditioner bottles just piled onto a couple of shelves. It also had one of those built-in gel/soap/shampoo dispensers – but it was so scary-looking-old we didn’t dare try it.
And the TV/internet instructions were handwritten in small, faint type on a piece of notebook paper scotch-taped to the wall; no way you could read them without a flashlight. And not having a thermostat is inconvenient but host did adjust the temperature immediately when we asked him to. There are no decorative touches except some horrible "art" on the walls.
Although the host was responsive, it just seemed he made very little effort to make the place pleasant and welcoming.