We highly recommend staying at Ames' house in Austin. The house itself was spotless, very stylish and outfitted with everything we needed. We loved the location as its close to downtown and thus great for getting in/out of the city (we used Uber and it was less than $10 each way) yet far enough out of downtown that traffic was never a problem getting to area attractions in our own car. Check in was easy and Ames was very responsive to my incessant questions. In fact we added another day because we loved the house and Austin so much. I would have stayed longer but my wife insists on continuing our road trip!