This is a comfortable apartment conveniently located to downtown. We spent a month in the apartment while visiting our grown children and our newborn grandchild. We were able to host a few dinners with our children. The kitchen is adequately equipped for cooking, but I brought a few extra implements to help me cook -- chopper, excellent knives, excellent measuring cups. There's no ice machine, but we bought a bag of ice and it lasted the whole month. There was plenty of storage space for groceries. Also, there was always plenty of parking - which isn't always the case in Austin. And parking is free!
The space is well proportioned. My husband and I had plenty of space to both work from the apartment. He also worked at his company's Austin office and took the #10 bus, which came every ten minutes. We could easily get to Costco, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's in 10 minutes. There was an HEB five minutes away.
The bedroom has blackout curtains - which is perfect for light sleepers. The bed was super comfortable. The living room space was also really comfortable and relaxing. The apartment is very close to 1st street and you can hear the traffic. However, Jennifer and Steve provide a white noise machine if you need it. The traffic noise never bothered us, but we weren't able to sit outside in front of the apartment because it was too noisy.
On 1st Street, we highly recommend Elizabeth's Street Cafe, Bouldin Creek Cafe and pan dulce at the Mexican Food place near Bouldin Creek Cafe. We used Capitol Dry Cleaners on S. First - really great service.
All in all, we had a great month in Austin and this apartment made the visit lovely. Thanks Jennifer & Steven for being wonderful hosts.