We were in Austin for a SXSW work trip and this actually ended up being the perfect location. It's a very quaint and lovely woodsy neighborhood. Outside of the hustle and bustle. But only about 10 minutes from downtown. For SXSW we would just leave the house early in the morning, drive into downtown and stay there for the day and then come back at night. Even the few times we had to go back-and-forth during the day it was not that big of a deal. It's a lovely neighborhood for walking in the mornings, they have a really lovely porch and deck for outside dining and hanging out. And even though we were there for work, I could see this being a great place for families. For us particularly being six adults on a work trip, the space turned out to be a little smaller than we were needing, (just because we were not obviously going to double up with each other in the beds) so the four businesswomen on the trip stayed at the house and the two men on the trip shared a hotel room nearby. That actually worked out perfect for us. As far as six with the family or a girls weekend or friends weekend, the place is perfect I would think. It's a very open plan so we had a lot of fun hanging out in the living space and cooking together and the dining area. There is a train at that passes right by the house, so it can be a little loud and jarring your first night or two of sleep. But over the week we got kind of used to it. The setting is lovely and there were really good places to eat nearby. We had a rental car, but we did a lot of car riding services (Fasten) as well and that was actually really easy. This was the perfect location for both downtown and the University. And the houses and the neighborhood were really really lovely. The hospitality was exceptional and we didn't have any problems while we were there.