The location of this unit was great for our visit with our son. David, the owner, was responsive to all of our text messages. And there were a lot as we found many things that needed to be repaired. There were 2 broken charger plates on the dining room table under the place settings. I don't know why they just weren't thrown away. The microwave door frame was cracked in multiple places. The whole kitchen faucet fixture was loose in its base. The refrigerator wasn't cooling when we got there, so David arranged for a repairman to come promptly on our second day and that issued was resolved.
Our biggest complaint was that the tv in the living room was unwatchable because there was something wrong with the speakers. We had to turn the volume up because of the road noise in the unit, and there was so much static/reverb at the higher volume levels and when there was music in the background that it was impossible to hear dialogue. David said he purchased a new tv set to put in the unit after we left, but our son had to bring one of his sets over so we could watch tv in the living room. I don't know what we would have done if our son hadn't had a second tv that we could use.
As I said, there was a lot of road noise in the unit because it faces the street. I had to use a white noise app to fall asleep at night to drown out the traffic noise from the 4 lane road.
The front master bedroom was very cold. We could never get it to warm up even when the rest of the condo was 72°.
And it was difficult to bake with the gas oven, which was 17 years old. It took forever to preheat and was difficult to maintain the correct baking temperature. Usually this wouldn't be a big deal, but we had to use the oven a lot because we didn't go to any restaurants.
The condo as a whole was a bit cluttered in the living room area (unnecessary fireplace tools in front of a gas fireplace that wouldn't light and a table and lamp stuck in an alcove corner near the kitchen with no outlet available to plug the lamp in). Both bedrooms were nice and the beds were comfortable. The bathrooms were well-stocked and very clean.
In spite of all this, we had a good time and David was as responsive as he could be to the issues. With a little love and some repairs, this condo would be a pretty good place to stay even with the loud traffic noise. But I don't think we'll ever stay here again. And I do feel bad writing that because David seems like a very nice person.