This place is wonderful for visiting Asheville! We stayed for 5 days which gave us enough time to visit the area and stay in the home to fully experience everything. Below are some of my comments:
-First, the home's location is probably the best attribute. It's a 10 minute drive to downtown Asheville, the entrance to the Smoky Mountain Parkway is almost right down the street and a main artery highway is about 5 minutes away. Also, the house is located in a very quiet neighborhood, in fact, I didn't hear a peep from either neighbor. I personally value a quiet place when vacationing, and Trace's home was very relaxing.
-Due to covid, my husband and I cooked almost every dinner at the home. Trace had some basic spices, olive oil and cookware available for us to make dinner along with a grill outside, which made is easy for us to cook at home. There is also a Ingles supermarket almost right down the street full of wonderful produce and anything you need to make a delicious dinner at home. We did order take-out at a Luella BBQ place in town, and the travel time was about 10 minutes each way and the dinner was absolutely delicious. Trace has a binder full of recommended restaurants and take-out places in the area, if you want to drive and pick-up. I noticed that in my experience, restaurants are not delivering now, just pick-up is available, but that may not be the case for the majority.
-One of the reasons I like to stay at Airbnb's is for the comfort level and all the amenities. Trace had all amenities covered and then some more! As mentioned before, the kitchen was pretty well stocked to cook a nice dinner, the bathroom was full of great amenity basics, plenty of towels and linens, and laundry detergent. It was so nice not to worry about searching and buying basic stock items when we were vacationing, and I really appreciate the detail items that were provided. Also, I want to mention that the beds were comfortable and the linens were lovely as well.
-We appreciated the backyard that was fenced in so we didn't have to worry about our dog wandering off. And our dog really loved the backyard as well! On the deck there is a great table and benches for an outdoor dinner and lights if you want to spend an evening outside.
-If you want to watch TV, there are some basic channels along with the steaming channels as well. The one thing we noticed since we did have to use the Internet quite often (we both have businesses and basically are on call 24/7), is that the Internet was a bit wonky and cut-out about 2-3 times when we were either watching TV on our lap-tops or emailing. I don't think that is the owner's fault, I think it's just the Internet in the area.
All in all, we enjoyed our stay in Trace's home. The communication and check-in were outstanding and the home was stocked of most everything you need to enjoy your stay during covid, but still venture out and have a wonderful time in Asheville.