Overall an OK place to stay in Austin.
Some pros and cons:
PRO:
1. Secluded and quiet but not too secluded
2. The place is pretty on the inside and the bed is comfortable
3. Plenty of hot water, and full kitchen available
4. Laundry with detergents provided
5. smart tv and good internet
CON:
1. Some areas not very clean, the bathroom window sill was really dirty, and at least one of the white towels had noticeable yellow stains
2. Lots of red ants were emerging from the toilet somehow. Every day I was killing about 5-10 in the bathroom
3. Also happened across a spider or two in the bathroom
4. Also happened across a cockroach in the kitchen which ended up dying on its own
5. There is a workshop below the unit where you can hear a good bit of noise like banging every morning. If you sleep in and are a light sleeper, this might be an issue for you. This point is unacceptable in my opinion as the lister says on multiple occasions that this is a quiet place, with seclusion and isolation and yet on the paper you see when you arrive to the unit, it says “there is a workshop downstairs where someone likes to flatten cans”. This should be disclosed in advance
6. After reporting the bugs, the host said the best they could do was put some bug spray out for me in front of my door, which wasn’t there when I got home
For the price I paid, I felt there wasn’t enough value. The host should make potential renters aware of the workshop below the unit on his listing instead of just on the paper you see when you get to the unit.