The house is very cute and modern — however the biggest issue with this rental was the location, which was even pointed out by the locals. Multiple Uber drivers asked us if we lived in that house and went on to say that they hate driving to that side of town due to high rates of crime including shootings and robberies. They stated that they will only do pick-ups in that area if special promotions are going on that allows them to get paid more money. In addition, one night after getting home from the bar we attempted to get a pizza delivered and no pizza companies would deliver to us at that time due to the neighborhood we were located in.
While advertised that it is in a “transitioning area” that cannot prepare you for the neighborhood. The house is located directly next to a small multi-unit apartment building. Located right outside of that building was a torn up couch sitting at the curb. Multiple other houses on the surrounding blocks had their belongings sitting on the curb as well. Also, the driveway for the rental house is located right alongside where two of the apartment entrances are so they walk right past your car to enter their house. While some of the other surrounding houses are nice, others are not and some are boarded up and/or have bars up.
We partly chose this house due to the advertisement that it was within walking distance to downtown Nashville. While distance wise that may be plausible, there was absolutely no way that you could walk around given the surroundings, night or day time. It was just not safe. While the house does have a Ring and security system, that was not enough and you shouldn’t have to be afraid of walking outside of your rental house.
Furthermore and very minor compared to the location issue, but of note, the house needs a good deep clean as the floors had dirt on them to the point of turning out bare feet black on the bottoms from walking around. In addition, there was small hairs and dust near the baseboards and in the corners of the rooms/bathrooms.
Overall, we would recommend staying somewhere else for your trip to downtown Nashville. Somewhere that is closer to downtown and could actually be walked to and from without being in fear that something is going to happen and where drivers and other services are not afraid to go.