My group of 7 stayed here for 4 nights and it is a really cool old house with some great features but some issues as well.
The pros:
- it's awesome to have the keyless entry with a door code, especially for a large group. It made it really easy for everyone to come and go without worry about keeping track of a key.
- the location isn't bad- it's a very short walk to the streetcar, and a bit longer but still not bad walk to the more happening areas of downtown.
- Parking was free and super easy directly out front. I never had to try to find a spot- there was always one open immediately in front of the house.
- The separate heat/AC controls were nice to have so that everyone could be comfy with the temp in their rooms
- The pool table and record player were fun features for hanging out at home, and the outside couch/lounge area was a great hang out spot
- The house is really big with more than enough room for 7 people (or probably even 10!).
- The extra half bathroom downstairs was nice to have for times when the shower was being used upstairs.
The Cons:
- The hot tub was the primary selling point to this house for us- I wanted to spend all my evenings hanging in the hot tub! But it was out of service when we arrived and no one informed us at any point. When I emailed about it, I was first told that they knew it was broken and the repair was running behind due to the hurricane (which happened about 6 weeks prior). When I told them how not cool it is to sell a place with a hot tub when you know it doesn't work and to not at least inform us about it, they said it actually only broke a week earlier and they thought they had fixed it. We were there four nights and there was no offer to come out and try to fix it again, or any other offer to make it right. I'd recommend double checking that it is in fact working before you book if you're as excited as I was about having a hot tub. The lack of communication and then mixed messaging about what happened is the main reason we gave our stay 2 stars.
- There was a very cute but not so welcome mouse that seemed to live in the kitchen. We found little mouse poop presents on the table and counters each day. Not a big deal, but be ready to clean a bit before you use the table setting, and don't leave any food out.
- We were not fans of the showers. The old claw-foot tubs look cute, but they feel so small when you're surrounded by shower curtain on all sides, and the water pressure is pretty low.