Style over substance. While this Airbnb may look good in the pictures, there were many things that didn’t work well in real life.
First, the pros:
- great location, very easy walk to the zoo, arboretum, restaurants, and shops
- clean
- spacious kitchen
- good communication, was very prompt in responding to issues
- back porch (not pictured) is great and was an unexpected plus
The cons are really around lack of functionality. Any one of these things wouldn’t have been a big deal, but taken together it made this less than comfortable:
- the beds are too big for the rooms: there is a king bed in one of the rooms with only 7 inches of space on one side to walk around it; why have such a big bed and so little room to move?
- there are no closets. None. Which wouldn’t be that big of a deal if there was enough floor space for the luggage, but this was a tight fit because of the huge beds (noting that we were traveling with a lot of stuff). There are some hooks and 4 hangers on those hooks.
- the fourth “bedroom” is likely not a legal bedroom as there are no windows (my guess is that it’s a converted closet).
- the metal king bed squeaks
- one of the windows in the living room is missing a curtain (letting everyone in the street see in)
- many of the windows in the living room/ kitchen weren’t shut properly, letting in the street noise
- the light fixtures over the kitchen table aren’t hung well, too low and not centered over the table so it was very easy to hit your head
- the rug in the living room is falling apart
- there is nowhere to put a bar of soap in the master shower. The shower doesn’t drain properly
- in the room with two twins, one of the light fixtures doesn’t turn on and can’t be plugged in because it’s too far from an outlet
Because of these issues, I wouldn’t personally choose to stay here again; but I could see it being a fine place for a bachelorette weekend with the goal of taking pretty pictures.