Great Location, close to shopping, restaurants and downtown events , but the rave reviews are from a long time ago. The ShoalCreek Condo complex is a bit run down and not as nice as I expected from the descriptions. The Host family were friendly and easy to communicate with when there were issues. They live out of town, but they were responsive and were quick to deal with things. We came to Austin at a very busy time( SxSW) and prices were high everywhere, but I still feel this is an expensive stay for what the two bedroom condo has to offer. All in all our trio had a good time, but not an amazing experience.