Pros:
Location is amazing. A quiet street one or two blocks from everything in providence. A beautifully historical street and location. Lots of grassy areas nearby and brown university campus offered our toddler lots of space outdoors. Alex was a very communicative host and had fast responses. The place was well laid out, easy to find and had tons of cookware and spices which was a nice touch. It had just about everything you could need in a fully stocked home away from
Home.
Cons:
The floors were dirty when we arrived. Alex sent the maid over stat to clean the floors, as he was super responsive and apologetic, having mentioned someone before us had a late check out and it caused a bit of a domino effect, which we understood. The maid also forgot to leave us sheets and comforters, so she had to come back again with those items, but again, Alex remedied the situation very fast. The washer/dryer combo was new, but really didn’t dry at all (could be the nature of the machine). This probably wouldn’t have been a disappointment if we didn’t have a baby who gets dirty all the time, but we picked a place with a dryer so we could do laundry (which we couldn’t). The neighbors were mostly quiet but being a duplex on the main floor, we did hear people walking often. It didn’t bother us a lot because we are used to living in close quarters with others.
Overall, we had a nice stay with Alex as our host.