I have borderline OCD with cleanliness so my standard and expectation is very different from other people.
Pro: Location, location, location. Free parking!!! Pretty clean place. Spacious!!!
Con and recommendation:
1. Accuracy of the listing - One king, one queen, and one air mattress. Got there a little past midnight. Only two queens and no air mattress, so the first night not was a little tricky.
2. Missing a lot of basic essentials like an extra pillow, pillowcase, sheet, blanket, paper towel, wine opener, and wine glass.
3. There is only one hook for each bathroom to hang your towels to dry. At least three per bathroom is needed.
4. One of the bathrooms is missing the toilet paper holder.
5. Need some kind of dresser or something for the guest to put their luggage on. All of our luggage is on the floor. OCD kicking in!!
6. Shower curtains need to be replaced with a longer one because, after each shower, the water is everywhere.
7. A generic email was sent out with the wrong combination for the door. I know Deacon has other properties, so maybe got the wrong generic email.
8. There are so many lockboxes in the front to get the FOB, need to clean it out and organize which one is the right one.
9. The parking lot gate clicker is in the apartment, so because we arrived little past midnight, getting the car to the lot was very hassle. Picture this - midnight in a new place with kids. Double parked the car, looking for the right lockbox for the FOB, take the elevator to the third floor, walk about 200 feet to the apartment, get the clicker, head back down to the car and drive to the second-floor parking lot. Suggestion - get a big lockbox to fit the FOB and the clicker.
10. The dryer. If you are planning to do a load, make sure you have adequate time to dry your clothes because you need to run it twice. 100 mins each time.
FYI:
1. The cleaning lady told me, it is my responsibility to throw away all the trash and recycle. I don't mind helping but the layout of this building is really messed up. I carried two large trash bags and one large recycling bag all the way down to the other end (300 feet), three levels down....wrong....back up to the second floor and walk 150 feet to the middle of the builder and 150 feet back to the end of the builder. That's only the recycling, now go down to the ground floor for the trash. Now I'm sweating like a dog.
2. If you are allergic to any pet or animal. Beware, the couch looks amazing but for some reason, my family has some kind of reaction when we sit on the couch. I think the couch is made with some kind of feather.
3. Do not park the car in the middle thinking you can take the stair from the second floor to the apartment. You will end up walking more.
Do I still recommend this place? Yes (I told one of my business partners and he is planning to rent this place with his family).
Will I come back to this place myself? Also Yes!
I never met Deacon, but sounds like a great guy.
We did get the air mattress, extra pillow, pillowcase, sheet, blanket, paper towels, and the wine opener on the following day!