This apartment is beautiful and the location is amazing. First, the apartment: extra comfy beds, super soft duvet covers, plenty of pillows, coffee, shampoo, wifi, and anything else you need (including a high chair for tiny eaters). It's right on 15th Avenue NW, so with the windows open, it can be a little noisy from street traffic in the living room, but the bedroom is perfectly quiet. We did run into a little problem with figuring out how to control the heat, but Jeremy and Rachel were very responsive and we figured it out. They even offered to comp us a meal, which was extremely sweet of them and totally above and beyond. These are great hosts.
The neighborhood is ideal: A fifteen minute walk in one direction through leafy streets gets you to old Ballard--full of great little shops, an extensive weekend farmers market, and a view of the sound. A 20 minute walk in the other direction gets you to Greenlake. More coffee shops and the zoo, which has, among other attractions, a hilarious hippopotamus (if you're a one year old, otherwise it's just a regular hippopotamus). There's plenty of on-street parking; we never had to park more than a block away, which was important for us. Getting downtown couldn't be easier! It's just a straight shot down 15th. Overall, we highly recommend this place.