Somewhat disappointed because of two main reasons.
Firstly though, Jennifer, as a host was great. She was very responsive and friendly.
The cottage is absolutely fine for a couple for a few days, although the bed is the smallest double bed size. The bed was quite old but reasonably comfortable. I felt the bedding was a bit old too.
The main issues were that three windows did not have curtains / blinds so I was lying there at night with a small window about a foot from my head and an uncomfortable feeling incase someone was looking in (highly unlikely as it was a corner of the garden, but still I could see the shadows of the trees at night). It also meant the cottage became light at 6am with sunrise.
The other issue was that the aircon unit is quite old and I had to leave it on during the day to try to make the room somewhat cool on my return. I couldn't use the aircon overnight as it was super noisy and at least than two feet from my pillow and head there was no way I could sleep through that noise. The outside air temp during the day got up to 105 degrees so the room was extremely hot too so it was tough to sleep there (these cottages are simple wood so don't have insulation to keep any cool in, or heat out).
Those two issues aside, for people who really like the quirkiness of Austin will appreciate the other qualities of this cottage room. I was able to walk to the conference centre in about 12 minutes and the homeless people enroute were not a problem