Pros: This listing is centrally located and walkable to downtown, many great restaurants, Barton Springs, and Alamo Drafthouse. It is modern, clean, spacious, and has a comfortable bed and sofa. Ana was responsive on providing me with any essentials that I needed. The kitchen utensils are quite basic, but this shouldn’t be a problem since the unit is close to so much good food!
Cons: This listing is on the ground floor and has two different entrances: one that exits into a courtyard; and another that exits into a hallway inside the apartment building. The unit’s entrance doors and walls are thin such that noises from the street outside the courtyard (such as garbage collectors) and from the building hallway are very audible inside the unit. The building hallway is concrete and creates an echo chamber so that noises from the hallway are very audible inside the unit. The unit is adjacent to a garage access door and a building entrance, both of which create a lot of noise that can be heard in the unit.
This is a good choice if your priority is to explore and experience Austin in an efficient manner because the listing is so centrally located. However, if “peace and quiet” are high on your priority list, I would look elsewhere.