Lani's place is really charming. They did a great job with the design of the space. The bathroom is spacious and has a great shower and deep soaking tub. The bed is comfy, the decor is homey and it's a quiet area so we got a good night sleep all three nights. I would stay here again. The neighborhood is walkable to the downtown area if you don't mind walking for about 15 - 20 minutes, and it's a nice walk with lots of nice older homes. We found a great restaurant that's quite close called Tall John's, which is a quicker walk than all the restaurants downtown. There are a few others as well that we didn't try. We used our car for exploring during the day, but ended up walking to dinner every night from the airbnb.
Overall we really liked Asheville and want to come back and explore some more, and Lani's place and the Montford neighborhood in general is a great choice if you don't want to be smack in the middle of the action but rather in a pretty, peaceful adjacent neighborhood.