jamie is a wonderful host and her property is a gem. i couldn't believe all the goodies she had at this place! some of the wonderful surprises included: a nice bottle of wine, chocolate, greek yogurt and bottled water in the fridge, brita water filter carafe, STOCKED array of single serve pods of coffee and tea and brand new kurig, oatmeal of all sorts (really yummy, i had one), bananas ORGANIC to boot, cuisinart toaster oven, nice wine and water glasses, bunch of matching mugs for kurig and microwave, microwave!, paper towels, and that's just the kitchen items. she had wonderful plush white towels in the bathroom, and extra bunch in the closet, a closet to hang my clothes so the wrinkles from packing would get out, iron, ironing board, swifter, hairdryer, tv with all the channels you have on my fios at home. honestly, i normally stay in westin's, w's, and omni's for work travel and jamie's place had MORE stuff than all those combined. we had other family visiting our seattle family who were staying at some motel and they paid more for a place that wasn't nice and clean as jamie's. it was 95 degrees in seattle when i was there and because jamie's property is 1/2 basement (if you know craftsman homes, you understand the first level is above ground level, so the airbnb rental which is technically "basement" to the main home, from street level it's not really basement), it was nice and cool. we didn't even need to open the windows and didn't need a fan. in fact, even in the heat, i was cold so i wore a sweater inside. so if at any point you are thinking no a/c here is an issue for the warmer days, don't worry , this wonderful place doesn't need it!
oh and the location is very close to old town ballard which has so many fantastic restaurants and shops. i hope to stay at jamie's again if i return to seattle.