In general, this was a great stay. The apartment has an open industrial vibe to it. There are floor-to-ceiling windows that make everything feel bright and beautiful, and at night make it so that all the lights of the city come in. It was also clean, which is a big deal for us. The vinyl collection and record player was a plus (although several of the records were super scratched and not completely playable). We listened to a few over our stay. Here are the parts that weren’t so great — 1 isn’t really in the host’s control; 1 may or may not be. To start, the location is... interesting. It’s great in the sense that you’re in walking distance to everything in downtown Austin. However, you’re situated right next to a bridge with a homeless encampment underneath it that you have to walk through to get to downtown. I had heard that this was a problem in Austin, but didn’t know the extent of it until we got there and experienced it directly. It was quite uncomfortable — not only walking through but seeing homeless people sleeping on the street right outside the window. You also had to keep your eyes ahead at all times because otherwise you’d have some unsavory interactions. I understand that this isn’t the fault of the host and that this is a cultural/political problem of the city of Austin in general, but it’s definitely something to be aware of when going. We were fine. Nothing bad happened, but I can’t say that we didn’t feel uncomfortable (and a bit scared) walking around that area of town. The other issue that’s more likely to be in the host’s control is the air conditioning situation. There’s some kind of central air unit with a thermostat that you have access to, which is good. However, there’s problems with it. To start, the air never stays on. It goes on and off every two minutes to blow for a few minutes then shuts off. This is extremely annoying when trying to sleep because a big noise happens and then goes away every couple minutes. I had to download a white noise machine app on my phone just so that we could sleep. Beyond that, it never got that cool. It wasn’t hot, that’s for sure. But it was a little too hot to fall asleep. And there was no way to control the air because it would just turn off every two minutes. Even if you set the air to something low, like 60 degrees or below, it wouldn’t actually ever reach that temperature, so the numbers on the thermostat were pointless. But overall, good stuff!