Susan’s place is in an excellent, very safe, beautiful location. The interior is very clean and spacious with some nice artful touches. The property managers (with whom you communicate, you don’t communicate with Susan directly) were quick to respond and very helpful. I found the bed to be comfortable and the price per night was affordable, plus Susan pays the cleaning person a “livable wage” which is great. My stay was personally very good, but I do think it’s worth noting two things:
1.) If you’re very particular about the temperature then you should understand that you cannot adjust the air conditioner. I stayed during the summer and it was between 70-72 at all times, which was fine, however I am from south Florida and I keep my house at 75, so my girlfriend and I were a bit cold staying here, but not terribly so.
2.) The other big thing is, if you like to sleep in, make sure you bring ear plugs! The place is situated below another apartment, and the tenants above have at least one child (under 5 years old). We were awaken by the child intermittently making typical child-like high pitched yelling sounds - not like screeching, but still very audible - at around 6:30am. There was also a lot of what sounded like running around/up and down stairs, etc. This lasted until about maybe 10am or so. Susan’s guest handbook says that “quiet time” starts at 8pm for both you and the tenants upstairs - and they stayed true to that. However, there is no rule for what time “quiet time” ends. You can’t really blame a little kid for being loud in the morning, or for the sound of people walking around above you, so I don’t think it’s worth *complaining* about, but I do think it’s worth mentioning because some people really like to sleep in, and they would be in for a not-so-great surprise by the volume of the child upstairs.
All that said, if you wake up early anyway, or you have earplugs, and you’re okay with 70-72 degree temperatures, you’ll probably be fine and you’ll enjoy yourself!