Jake's place was better than I expected! For a basement apartment, there was great natural lighting. Lots of amenities, any toiletry you needed, he probably provided. I was very appreciative of that. Especially when I forgot to bring sunblock (forgetting how sunny Austin is), I found it in one of the closets! Lots of neighborhood parking and location is great. Everything is about a 10 min car ride, give or take.
What bothered us during our stay was the sound of heavy footsteps on the top floor early in the morning when we are still sleeping. I understand that we are in the basement and that should be a given, but it was a little annoying being woken up to it around 7 in the morning.
Also since the time of the booking til the duration of our stay, there was no communication with Jake at all. I wrote a note at the time of booking, but I never received a response from him directly; just a general confirmation from AirBnB that we booked his place. We would have appreciated the gesture if he at least messaged us to see if we checked into his apartment smoothly. Good thing that we had no issues at all, so I guess no communication was fine...