The location couldn't be better for us. It is just a couple min drive from downtown West Asheville . We actually ended up preferring hanging out in West Asheville to downtown main area. West Asheville is less crowded and has great restaurants and cafes, especially for brunch/lunch, bookshops and the like. We were happy to spend a little more money on this place to have a very relaxing and pleasant place to hang out mid day to take a break in between hiking and exploring downtown. The house is really cozy and in a cute neighborhood, and has a really awesome large front porch, yard, and back patio. Also the host was very accomodating, communicative and warm. For example a previous guest had sprayed some air freshener or something and we are sensitive to smells, and she didn't mind us opening up all the windows, in the middle of the summer, and put fans in to air it out so that we were comfortable. Really appreciated that. And it was such a blessing to be able to bring our sweet dog on this weekend trip with us. He has never traveled with us before and he had a blast and loved being there. Thank you so much Monica!!