Great house and great location. Very roomy for a family of 4 and our very large lazy Doberman. The house itself is beautiful and very cute. Right when my husband walked in (before me) I hear, “oh wow”. The location is great if you love the Bishop Arts District in Dallas. The house is in close proximity to several shops, bars, restaurants and a bunch of artsy stuff if you’re into that sort of thing as we are. I would stay here again.
There was a few issues with check in but it appeared it may due to an Air Bnb error. We just didn’t get any check in or check out instructions but Dustin left them printed out on the kitchen counter. He was also very quick to respond to all of my messages.
There are dogs and roosters in the neighborhood but while inside the house I didn’t hear them. But I turned the fan and bathroom fan on which drowned out any noise from outside. Early in the morning you’ll hear them if you’re on the back porch. It wasn’t a bother to me at all.
I agree with the other review that said the house feels “lived in” but I saw the house is literally lived in at times so it’s like what do you expect?
I think my only gripe was the cleanliness. The house was very tidy but not what I’d consider “clean”. There was hardly any hand soap. There was watered down hand soap in one of the bathrooms and watered down dish soap (water added to soap to “make more”). Luckily I bought some hand soap so we worked around that problem. And then there were spots of dog pee in places. I also brought Lysol cleaning spray and wipes so I just cleaned the house myself. I know it wasn’t my dog because he house trained plus he’s 95lbs and huge. The pee was too low to the ground on the sides of the kitchen island and a small amount. IF it had been my dog it wouldn’t have been dry, and it would have been half way up the island and a huge puddle. But my dog knows better and this was there when we got there. I saw in the guest book the people who stayed before us had 2 “pups” I believe they called them and assumed it may have been their dogs.
I also cleaned the back door, it was full of hand prints and dirt, and there was hand prints on the wall in the bathroom above the toilet. The bathroom hand prints weren’t too bad, but I noticed them. Also some of the interior doors had handprints on them from people grabbing them from the door and not the handle. So I cleaned that and the handles too lol. There were a few other things too but overall it wasn’t too bad. A lot of these things (and those I haven’t mentioned) wouldn’t bother some people. I’m bringing it up because I notice this host likes feedback, and because we pay a cleaning fee but I was just a little grossed out so I had to reclean.
I also want to add that I did not contact the host about any of this because it was an easy fix to me and I didn’t want anyone having to come to clean while we were there.
The home felt good, smelled great, and the AC worked just fine. The beds are comfy and it has a front and back porch with fenced in yard which you cannot beat. I think it’s really awesome and so convenient Dustin lets dogs stay at his place. You can’t beat that when your dog is your fur-child. I also think for all you get it’s a great value. I would recommend this home to anyone and I would return again and probably will in the near future.