The place is nice and the location is great (though you do have to go by a bunch of homeless people on the way to Rainey/6th Street -- they're harmless though). The 7 beds + couch are nice for a larger group.
That said, there were a few issues that made our stay less than perfect:
- The host was very slow to respond, and did not come through with the only thing I requested. He had originally told me that there would be one key I could find to get into the place, and then more keys inside the house -- this was CRITICAL as we had 9 adults in our group, so there would be times when we would not all be together. When we checked in, we only found the one hidden key but opened every cabinet and drawer in the place and couldn't find more keys. I contacted the host about this at 7:54 PM on Thursday, and did not receive a response until 16 hours later (11:51 AM on Friday). He said he'd contact the handyman to get some more made... and that's the last I heard from him. I left the airbnb a bit before noon on Sunday (2 full days after he promised me extra keys, and 2.5 days after I originally contacted him), and we never got the extra keys. This was *very* inconvenient for a larger group of adults.
- A few things in the house are in disrepair. The main thing was the garbage disposal switch wasn't working. We tried putting some food leftovers down it, and then realized the switch did nothing. I had to crawl under the sink to find it unplugged -- so I plugged it in, and it started running (yay, we got the food down!), but then when we tried to switch it off, the switch did absolutely nothing and the disposal kept running. So, I had to climb back under the sink to unplug the running garbage disposal. Also, minor inconvenience, but the TV remote had dead batteries, so we had to buy new ones to replace them.
All in all, it's a fine spot for a larger group looking to enjoy the Austin nightlife, but keep in mind that the key situation might make things difficult.