Had a wonderful one-week stay at Mariah-Rae's green haven in the middle of Austin! The guest house is very functional and has everything a business visitor would need - even a freezer and coffee machine! The best part is the corgious outside hot tub which incredibly heats in less than 30 min so one can easily enjoy it after work. The views to the garden and swimming pool are unbeatable night and day. It is a quiet neighbourhood and thanks to the variety of trees and plants as well as the several seed feeding stations in the garden, you can watch a great range of birds if you happen to be there daytime. Mariah-Rae really loves animals and also her three dogs are well-trained and friendly. They keep their distance, however, so no one needs to worry of them at all. While they have a regular schedule, they only spend minutes outside at a time so that guests can have the garden entirely for themselves. Mariah-Rae also otherwise does her all to respect the privacy of the guests. At the same time she can easily be reached in the main house if you need anything. This place can be highly recommended to anyone who wants to spend their spare free time in the outdoors. In the wintertime it may also be too cold to sped time in a public park or pool area. I can only imagine that with the a/c unit and the pool (which was now too cold to dip in) this place only gets better in the summertime! I now needed the a/c only for some extra heating for a couple of nights. The house and garden have a lot of character and detail. From the front you cannot guess what green paradise awaits you in the back - even in the middle of February! It is also easy to work from here as it costs less than 5$ to go anywhere in the city by pooled uber/lyft and the car arrives in only 1-2 minutes (be ready - the first time estimate in the App is far off!). I had absolutely no trouble with anything during the entire week I stayed, quite the opposite, would not have wanted to leave. I can truly recommend this place not only 100% but 200%!!