I would not stay here again. The house itself was mostly described correctly in the listing although the first floor only has one bedroom not two and the room with the trundle has only bed whereas the listing led us to believe there were two. It was decently clean and comfortable. Location was great. Those are the pros.
The cons: when we arrived to the house, the entire outside was covered in painters plastic. We could not open any of the doors to the patios or windows. We were visiting during a heat wave and in a house with no air conditioning, being able to open the windows was crucial. I spent the first day of my vacation on the phone with the host trying to figure out what the deal was and was given the excuse that Seattle is mostly rainy and that this was the only time of the year that they could do it. She told me we could take down the sheeting to open doors and windows and that the painters would not be returning for the rest of our stay. The next morning around 8am, the painters were back. They were on ladders on the second floor and could see into the bedrooms where people were sleeping. It was completely total invasion of our privacy. The painters stayed at the house all day. Clearly the host did not feel that it was necessary to reschedule the painters because the house was occupied.
The other biggest con was the hot water situation. The listing makes no mention of any issues or special requirements (turning on the heat) in order to have a hot shower. When I asked the host, she let me know that we needed to turn on the heat in order to have hot water for the shower. It seems a little insane to have to turn on the heat when it’s 90 degrees outside in order to have warm water. A rental property that sleeps up to 9 should be equipped to handle hot showers for all of the guests without having to jump through hoops.
All in all, maybe this was a one off situation with the painters or maybe it was an act first, apologize later situation. Either way, it wasn’t a good look. We all loved Seattle and will definitely be back but we won’t be staying here.