Came to Richardson for Labor Day weekend to see my UTD student, along with my teenage son. Wanted to get my son out of his dorm so he could stretch out and I could feed him comfort foods 😊 We took walks, cooked and ate, did homework, laundry and napped. This was booked last minute as our first choice was canceled due to the AC going out. I am grateful they were able to accommodate us.
Easy check in and out. Close to campus, Drafthouse. Spacious (obviously we only used three of the many beds available). Safe location, enjoying multiple long walks during our stay. We enjoyed the big kitchen table for family meals. Only air bnb I’ve never had to buy toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags or detergent for. The pantry is seriously STOCKED with those items. Bath towels aplenty. Tons of dinner plates. Good toiletries. Please get a few bigger bowls and a baking sheet.
However, I don’t feel the current state of the home warrants the very high per night rate. The photos posted are clearly outdated. Although remodeled, the home is older, and has suffered significant foundation damage and could use a deep cleaning. Several pieces are missing (rug, table, decor). The front door is “self opening” once unlocked due to being out of square. Every room had flooring issues- planks separating leaving large gaps, tile popping, shifting and grout missing. A kitchen cabinet off the hinges. Nearly every light switch and doorway/frame needed a scrubbing, as high touch surfaces often do. Walls were dirty and patched in places. There is next to no actual grass and there are large gaps under the fencing. Weeds and mud (granted it rained during our stay, but because there was no grass, it was just a muddy mess). Part of my choosing of this house had to do with the yard and pool (algae on the bottom), which went unused.
The area is in transition- two blocks away was gorgeous, maintained properties, but this stretch was hit or miss. House next door has a huge dumpster in the driveway, multiple trash cans and construction debris piled up, overgrown lawns, newspapers rotting, busted driveways, unleashed dogs challenging our pup, trash and glass (actual whole windows!) on the sidewalk.
This made us chuckle and turned into a “game” of sorts. Around 9pm on the first night I received yet another reminder about the importance of following the quiet hours rule. Two things the owners should direct this message to instead… the rooster that starts at 6am (for two days we tried to locate the home he lives at) and goes until 10am, and the pool pump that runs loudly 24/7. 😆 I’m not sure of above ground pools differ in the way our in ground pump runs, but that thing is LOUD, and oddly the pool floor was coated in patchy green algae. We chose not to get in because the chemicals were definitely off.