This apartment is very close to UW campus; very small, very basic, and very clean. For me, spending most of my time on campus or other parts of Seattle, this worked out reasonably well. There were some minor glitches in getting access to the apartment, but Melissa had an assistant open up another apartment until we could get it resolved, which was about an hour later. Melissa came out to resolve situation; I had friendly chat with her. I used a lot of wifi in the evenings; I had no problem. With minor problems out of the way, this would easily work well for a grad student needing long-term housing, or me wanting to be walking distance to campus.

Terrain is somewhat hilly, as is UW campus; I got lots of exercise. But I readily got accustomed to dinner on “the Ave” (University Way), or a few closer establishments in that vicinity. The best breakfast place, Portable Bay, is just around the block.

Apartment is on a one-way street. Parking on the street is difficult. The apartment building has limited parking, I opted to pay for it, making me feel more secure about my car and belongings. Getting in and out was slightly tight, and I was somewhat concerned about backing into on-coming traffic, but thankfully that never happened.