TL;DR: Conveniently located studio with nice views from both the roof and fifth floor. It works best as a crash pad for singles or couples who plan to mostly be out and about. Beware of the elevator, which can be temperamental.
Good stuff:
- Centrally located apartment in a safe building on a quiet street.
- Beautiful views. Unlike some other guests, we were also able to access the lovely rooftop lounge area.
- Capitol Hill station and lots of restaurants and coffee shops nearby. The hosts list a bunch of Seattle restaurant recs, several of which were winners for us.
- In-unit washed and dryer.
- The sheets are super soft and comfortable to sleep on.
- Vince, the host, responds to messages quickly.
- The apartment was quieter during my stay than other reviewers led me to believe.
The elevator:
The elevator was broken my entire five-night stay, meaning I found myself staying in a fifth-floor walkup. Vince and I stayed in touch about the issue throughout the visit. It’s not his fault when the elevator is broken, and he can’t personally repair it. I do notice another reviewer at one of his three units in the building said the elevator was broken when they visited this month. It makes me wonder how often the elevator is out of service and why it takes so long for the building to fix it.
Other notes:
- Note the early 10am checkout time.
- Read the house rules and make sure you’re comfortable with them. There are a bunch of rules that carry monetary penalties. As such, I tried extra hard to leave a clean and tidy apartment. (I was not charged anything.)
- Though the listing is accurate, it is hard to fully appreciate from the photos how compact the apartment is. Again, it’s best for folks who don’t plan to spend much time there.