This inn is exactly what you’re paying for.
Positives :
It is in the heart of Asheville which is awesome, you don’t need to touch your car unless you want to explore other parts of Asheville farther out. There are plenty of places to eat around you and things to do for fun, you pay for parking which is very cheap ($10-$12 daily depending where you park). I️ can also say the bed was comfortable and the host was very sweet and helpful and the residents didn’t say much and when they did they were nice and polite.
You will not pay this little to be in this location anywhere else in the city, if you’re budgeting like we were it’s pretty good deal.
Negatives:
The public bathrooms were not bad to share ( never had anyone in the bathroom or trying to go at the same time as me) however, they were dirty. The whole inn is older to begin with ( 100+ years) but I️ just felt the place and the shared kitchen was dirty and beat up. If you want to use the kitchen bring your own things to cook with. There is also no thermostat in the room, we slept with the windows open which was very loud ( one night someone was yelling drunk outside, etc). We are by the porch where residents regularly throughout the day and night were smoking cigarettes so we kept some windows closed to not get that in our room. I️ am unsure what kind of guests live there but from what we saw it’s a very odd group and feel to it, we were usually in the city most of the day anyway and our room locked.