The Bottom Line:
-DO NOT stay here if you want to get a good nights sleep. The mattress is beyond uncomfortable. It's completely horrible and needs to be replaced.
The Good:
-walking distance to downtown (15 minutes if walking briskly)
-most of the basement apartment was clean
The Bad:
-The location is in a questionable area of town. We felt unsafe walking back from downtown at night and had to call an Uber, which defeated the point of staying within walking distance in the first place.
-Within 1 block of the house there was a very agitated (mentally ill?) person ranting and raving on the corner, which again made us question our safety when walking especially at night.
-The shower curtain had very visible black mold and pink grime. We notified the host when we arrived; she offered to replace it the next day which meant we had to shower with it and it was gross. The shower mat was also moldy.
-The internet goes in and out constantly - which meant the movie we attempted to watch on Netflix stopped and started over and over.
-The only TV is in the bedroom and it's tiny.
-The keycode pad to unlock the apartment is glitchy. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't.
The Ugly:
-The mattress is beyond uncomfortable. It offers no support and collapses toward the center. It was so bad that I barely got any sleep our first night.
-We asked to cancel our 2nd night stay due to how uncomfortable the mattress was. This was our 1st trip away from our kids in over a decade and we didn't want to come back more tired than we left before vacation. The host did provide a refund for 1/2 the 2nd night stay, but refused to refund the full amount.
-Communication with the host was great until we had an issue with the mattress and asked for a refund. At that point she stopped communicating with me and we had to go through Airbnb.
I mistakenly thought the other reviews that mentioned the mattress were people being over dramatic. THEY ARE NOT. The mattress is horrendous!