I'd say I was somewhat disappointed by our experience. Jason, our host was quick to reply which was good. Apartment was clean, convenient, we didn't lack anything. However:

a) The neighborhood was especially shady around Willowrun Dr. which is an isolated street from the rest of SoCo by St. Edwards University. I used Google View before booking and it's definitely way more shady than it looks (abandoned police car, mats in the street, way more garbage bins in the street that nobody seems to take back home somehow).

b) No hot water in shower. I know we could have informed our host, which would in turn have solved the problem quickly, but it was 90+ in Austin, our time was limited and we had something else to take care of.

c) Noisy neighbors. Loud deep-south-rock music with lots of bass that shook the whole building, pretty much all evening long until 1-2AM. Again, not too bad since you're out enjoying Austin until the last night you actually want to sleep and wake up early to catch a flight.

d) Not the usual Airbnb experience. Every Airbnb I rent in the last 2 years were apartments people actually lived in. You then have a feeling of living like a local which was definitely not the case with this flat.

e) Painfully slow Internets (only during evenings). Another reason to hate AT&T, not the host's fault, but the network got painfully slower starting around 4h30ishPM to the point getting your emails or reserving on Car2Go was an infuriating experience.

f) As far as it gets from the action on SoCo - driving distance to the least or you'll need some pretty good shoes that won't get you in these fancy bars and clubs.