I stayed here for 2 nights and the house is exactly as pictured. Very nice, very clean and very modern. However, I would be doing a disservice by not mentioning that it is located in the worst neighborhood in Dallas (seriously google worst neighborhood in Dallas). If you are from Dallas, that’s a given I guess , but we weren’t and were not aware of the area we were in. I don’t want to put the blame on the host for misleading us about the area (AJ was great), we should have done our own due diligence, but there certainly is nothing detailing the reputation of the neighborhood when booking this house or in the reviews. The purpose of this review is just to be honest and informative if my experience.
There were 10 of us staying and we’re in our late 20’s. We were in town for a wedding that was in highland park. We stuck out like a sore thumb. We aren’t exactly the typical demographic you’d see in S Boulevard/Park Row. On the second night Our Uber driver was taking us home and actually pulled over on the side of the road and asked if we were 100% sure this was where we were staying. We said yes, and he proceeded to say, “you all have some b*lls staying here. Go in and don’t come outside until morning.”
We have a lot of friends who live in Dallas and originally I told them the house was in Deep Ellum. Again, I’m not privy to the different areas of Dallas. When I told them Deep Ellum they were persistent in telling me it was a bad spot, but once I actually showed them the location of the house they told me, “okay Deep Ellum is bad at night, but not even the Deep Ellum people will step foot in S boulevard/ Park Row.” So yeah, that stuff was fun to hear lol. I mean just driving up to the house you’re thinking, “where the hell am I, no way this is accurate”. Sure enough though, it was accurate.
With all that being said, we didn’t have any problems, luckily, and AJ is a terrific host. I mean that. Everything in his profile is accurate. The house was clean, as nice as expected and he’s super helpful and responsive.
Maybe My review sounds dramatic and incendiary regarding the area but I’m just being honest. We didn’t have any problems and we felt safe the whole time, I just wanted to detail what an Uber driver, some locals and a quick google search said about the area. In conclusion id give the stay a 4/5 and AJ a 5/5.