Highly recommend staying at John & Carol's place! The pictures are accurate and the hosts are great. There were little touches like extra toiletries and small snacks that helped make my friends and I feel a bit more at home. My friends and I loved that we could hang out on the rooftop on a beautiful 70 degree day.
The location is also fantastic - it's a short walk from the Greetings from Austin mural and great food like Magnolia Cafe, Home Slice pizza and Gourdough's Big Fat Donuts. An uber/lyft to 6th street, South Lamar, or East Austin were about $5-10.