This Airbnb is in a good location and is pretty good value for what you get. That said, I would hesitate to recommend this place for several reasons.
First—the big one for me—the air conditioner doesn’t work well. We had it set to 69º yet the house was at 79º. In Austin this was a problem. It made the days warm and sleeping tough. A local friend said the one thing every Austin house needs is a good AC unit, and unfortunately this one is not good enough.
Another thing is the internet was spotty throughout the house. While in the main room where the router was it was good, but in bedrooms it didn’t work well. During a work video call we had a lot of problems.
Last thing is related to check-out. This unit has the earliest check-out I’ve ever had at an Airbnb unit: 10AM. We requested later check-out but it was declined due to the need to clean. That might have been reasonable but in addition there was a check-out requirement to do chores (a load of laundry before you leave) and this was in addition to a $230 cleaning fee. I’ve happily completed chores when checking out before and have had no problem with it, but coupled with the very early check-out and the very high cleaning fee it just results in a bad experience.
One very last thing which was not a deal breaker but was a strange experience for me was that this is a managed property through Vacasa all their communication after confirming the booking comes through email and pushes you to their website, away from the Airbnb website. They also have additional terms (2500 words!) that are implicitly signed by booking this place. This was the first Vacasa experience I’ve had. In the future I would try to avoid these types of properties.
If the above items are not deal breakers for you, then I would recommend this place: it was in a good location and a well equipped homed. It makes for a good home base for adventures around Austin.