While the property was described as a luxury rental, I believe this was a reference to to the newness (it appears to have been built in the last year or two) and the appliances (which appeared to be nice). It is a town home with two bedrooms, an office (in which a bunk bed was put), and two and a half bathrooms. The place has been nicely cared for, but a little smaller than what our group was expecting.
Likes:
- The coded key pad for entry was great and easy to use.
- It was great having a two-car garage for our cars.
- There were plenty of bath towels, which was really important for our group because of the number of people (which included both men and women).
- The street had three separate town home buildings in which it appeared a lot of units were rented for bachelor/bachelorette parties and birthday parties. There were several other groups staying in units on the street. Fun to see other groups.
- The walls did a great job to block noise from other units (not within the unit itself, but music from next door was pretty muffled and even when they made a ruckus we barely heard).
- The rooftop patio had a good view.
- Nice kitchen and kitchen appliances.
- Big kitchen table and kitchen counter.
- Good cable TV selection.
- Nice windows--let a lot of light in.
- Host was accommodating and left a great rule and guidebook.
- Uber ride downtown isn't more than $15 (unless there is a surge).
Dislikes:
- The owner locks the thermostat so it can't be set below 71 degrees. In the Nashville heat which was in the mid-90s and higher and humid, and with all the bodies in the small space, it was a little too warm for comfort. Even if the thermostat read 71 degrees, it felt hot inside and often was much warmer depending on where in the town house you were (take the office with the bunk bed--with four people sleeping in there it got hot at night, even if the thermostat which was on a different floor read something different).
- The only two showers are in the bathrooms in the two upstairs (third floor) bedrooms, which means that the 4-8 people sleeping on the bunk bed in the downstairs office room and second floor living room have to go upstairs to shower and into the bedrooms (and hope they aren't locked out by someone sleeping or changing inside) to access the shower. Having only two showers for a large group was definitely problematic, as was the access to them if you aren't one of the lucky four who get to sleep in the bedrooms. Combine that with only one toilet (off the kitchen on the second floor) for the bottom two floors (which sleep 4-8), it was a real pain.
- The town home was nice, but doesn't really fit into the typical description of "luxury."
- Several of the rooftop patio wooden floorboards for unit 616 were popped up and caused a dangerous tripping hazard (at least one of our group tripped).
- Kitchen windows over the stove let a lot of direct light in in the morning which shone right on the couch beds onto the faces of whoever sleeps there.
- Living room futon beds were short--not meant for anyone who is 5'10" or taller.