We’re originally from Austin (living in New York now) and had come home for a long holiday visit. Most of the time was spent with family and a long road trip to West Texas, but we wanted to wrap up the trip with a couple of quiet nights on our own at an Airbnb.
The place is in decent condition, but if you look too closely you might notice some things that were either forgotten in the flip, or weren’t considered important enough to include. Drains that don’t plug because they’re too old; faucet handles that are on the verge of falling off; a bathtub that appeared to have been partially reglazed. And for the tall folks, look out for the hanging cabinets in the bathroom. I caught it with my head a few times.
Additionally, the space is somewhat generic and cold in its decor. Not really the kind of place that you’d want to hang out at. The main room is pretty large, but contains only a table, futon, and small shelving unit for a TV. The only lighting is recessed in the ceiling, and floods the space like an operating room.
There was also an incident where the code on the door had changed 6 hours before our allotted check-out time, making for a nail-biting 10 minutes after returning when we realized we’d forgotten something important and couldn’t gain entry. Fortunately Sean responded to our texts (at 5:30 in the morning) and let us in to retrieve the forgotten article.
None of this kept us from making good use of the space while we were there, but I felt it was all worth noting since these things play into the quality of your visit. This place might work best if you don’t plan on spending much time there.
Worth noting: We’re so grateful to Sean for letting us have our service dog, Junebug, with us for our stay. We were having trouble finding a place and Sean was so flexible.