Caren and her husband were very kind and welcoming hosts. Great communication leading up to my stay and check in/out was very straightforward. The room was simple but had everything necessary and Caren was happy to provide a couple of extra bits like blankets because it was v cold when I was visiting, and a mirror to help me out during my stay. I was travelling to downtown every day for SXSW and cabs proved a lot more expensive than I had expected, but luckily a bus was almost door to door to downtown so saved a lot of money there, also was handy to have a grocery store, pharmacy, and food places really close.
Would advise taking slippers/flip flops and a dressing gown for accessing the shared bathroom, and earplugs if you’re a light sleeper/jetlagged as the household are super early risers and the house isn’t very well soundproofed. Other than that I’d say that especially during a busy week like SX it was a real find for me- nothing fancy but affordable, respectable, and really kind hosts:)