We booked this house for a short stay in Austin during a family wedding. The location was good and checkin was easy. However, we were not pleased with the condition of the space and felt we had over paid (or could have found a better rental for the cost).
-The home was very warm when we entered. Outside the temperature was 97 degrees. Inside the AC was running but turned up to 77 degrees. We turned the AC down and waited hours for the house to finally cool off. However, two of the bedrooms never really got cool. So we had to sleep in a warm room for the weekend. When I reported the issue to the owner, he offered no solutions but simply suggested to turn down the AC. There was no acknowledgement that the bedrooms simply wouldn’t cool down.
-The house was not clean. Upon entering the space we found 3 dying cockroaches and later killed another 4 cockroaches… as well as many other spiders and insects. The walls looked like they had not been painted in years - screws, nails, holes, rough plaster repairs, dirt and smears all decorated the walls throughout the house.
-The bedding was the equivalent of staying overnight at your aunt and uncles house - old and pieced together sheets/blankets. Sorry but if I’m paying hundreds of dollars a night, I expect decent bedding.
-The second bathroom had no towel hooks, shelves, or places to rest things (the shower didn’t even have a place for shampoo). Everything had to placed on the floor or on the toilet (per previous note, the floor was not clean).
-The pool, which was a big draw for booking this house, was lovely to look at but warm the entire weekend. We found no instructions inside the house or on Airbnb for controlling the pool temperature. We tried swimming multiple times and it felt like being in a luke-warm tub - not enjoyable or refreshing.
-The location is a nice accessible area for getting to many places. However, the neighborhood is not walkable and the street itself was not our favorite place to be.
I don’t usually write reviews but I felt it necessary to provide this feedback. I wouldn’t recommend this house - I think you for the money they’re charging per night, you can find something that’s cleaner, brighter, and all around better.