The location for this place is great. You are within walking distance to loads of restaurants, breweries, and shopping. For the morning and coffee, we went to The City Bakery one morning and then the PennyCup the next and we preferred the PennyCup (if you want just coffee) but if you want baked goods then the City Bakery will have more selections.
Parking is a hassle as the lot next to the place is private and $12 a day and I was told it has issues with safety there. The three parking spots in front of the place are metered and $1.50 an hour. Free parking is up the road at a hotel in a parking deck. It isn't that bad, but it was a hassle dropping off your stuff, taking it into the room, and then going to park. And don't forget anything in your car or you'll have to go fetch it. It is super easy to get a spot and easy in and easy out of the deck, no issues there.
You are on a main street in the heart of the hustle and bustle of Asheville and the street noise can be bad if you are a light sleeper as my wife is. The Asheville Fire Dept loves to run their Federal Q full blast at 2 am running up and down Biltmore Ave....believe that!
There is a concert venue across the street and again, if you are a light sleeper, this may bother you if there is a concert. Again, as it did my wife. Then there is the issue with where you are staying. It is a transient house with maybe a dozen or more rooms with people staying longer term, short term, and weekenders like we were. The house was built in 1911 and when people come in the door and walk down the hall or go upstairs, especially in the room above, you can hear it all. It isn't the quietest place for sure. Overall that part wasn't bad though. If you don't get room #2 then you will have to share a shower and toilet with whomever else is staying on that floor. Thankfully we had our own bathroom and shower in room #2. We looked in the shared bathrooms and there is no way my wife would've done that....none!
The room was nice, it was clean and it provided us with the space that we needed. The mattress was horrible and had a valley in the middle. We had two nights of not-so-good sleep tossing and turning and rolling into one another. I'm not sure what was advertised, but I think the bed was a full and not a queen, or at least it felt that way. If you stay in the winter, there is no heat in the room, you have to plug in a space heater which I found a little odd. I don't feel comfortable letting a space heater run all night, but maybe that is just me.
We had a great time in Asheville, we did a lot of fun stuff and we'll come back another time. One thing that we weren't prepared for was the number of homeless people everywhere. One good thing is they were bothersome like they are in other cities. There was one downtown park where you couldn't go to sit and people watch or relax because it was littered with the homeless, trash and it stunk to high heaven when you walked past it. That was super sad. It was in the heart of a lot of restaurants and shopping too which I'm sure people would love to stop and enjoy their time there.
Overall the stay wasn't bad. The place was clean, the price was great, but the bed made it the worst part of the stay. When my wife wakes up unhappy because of a horrible night's sleep and she is grumpier than a NC Grizzly, then the rest doesn't matter to me. If you are looking for a great location and a cheap place to crash and nothing else matters, then this is your place. If you care about a few creature comforts then this probably isn't your place.