My friend and I stayed here for a week. We have visited Newport for a weekend in May and fell in love with the coastal town that we decided to return for a longer trip. Here are some pros and cons we experienced.
Pro:
- Nicole is super responsive and will get back to you within minutes.
- Nicole provided local’s guide, though we didn’t use because we have a friend who lives in the area.
- location: It’s few miles walk into town & beach but we liked that because it allowed us to explore the town by feet. (Around 30 mins to center of thame st and also to the First beach)
- extra monitor & hdmi cord. We worked few days while we were there so having an extra monitor was a great addition.
- kitchen. While it’s equipped with keurig & some k-cups, highly recommend checking out local cafes. Anything is better than keurig coffee.
- parking. We were able to park both of our cars on the driveway or across from the house.
Con:
- bathroom & bedroom door doesn’t close.
- no shower light.
- super loud bathroom fan with low light.
- overall dampness and humidity. We believe the place is converted garage. It’s cold yet humid.
- thin ceiling. You can hear whomever is living upstairs too well. Their feet dragging, pet, music, dropping objects, etc. My friend and I both unfortunately didn’t get a single good night of sleep during our week stay. We walked around average of 8 miles/day, fitness classes, and nights out in town. Despite the level of activity and physical tiredness, we couldn’t sleep.
- bugs. There were so many caterpillar bugs in this place and it even ended up in my friend’s luggage back home 💀
Overall, it did what it needed to do. It gave us a roof over our head but we thought this place was completely private, not converted garage with loud upstairs neighbor. Given the condition and inaccurate features of this place, can’t help to feel that we absolutely overpaid. Wish the more detailed review that was only recently posted had been there while we were booking.