Stayed at Joan's condo for a month by myself after moving to Austin from Colorado. Overall experience: Wonderful. Pretty expensive for a month's stay even after the discount but what can ya do? I'm in the city now.
Irene was pleasant and easy to communicate with. The condo is beautiful and cozy. The bed was nice. I prefer a much softer bed but if you like memory foam ... very comfortable. Washer/Dryer in unit.
Location was nice too. Lots to do in the surburban Burnet/Anderson (North Austin) area. If you're a 30-something single woman like me though, I quickly learned to like south Austin much more. Even still, it's a pretty easy drive to the Downtown area (non rush hour, of course).
My only grievance was the family living upstairs, unfortunately. Their kids were SO loud all the time. Screaming, crying, running around, etc. At 6am, it sounded like they were roller skating and scooting furniture across the floor. Unpleasant to wake up to several times! Obviously not the fault of the host but I wouldn't plan on working from home here!