Vince and Ann were very kind during our stay. They were responsive on the Airbnb app and hosted a very clean and safe feeling house!
My partner and I came to Seattle to get married and just needed a place to sleep and relax after long days out and about in the city. As far as cleanliness with this Airbnb, it is immaculately clean! Everything smelled and looked amazing! You can tell the hosts really put effort and care into the presentation and cleanliness of the entire place, not just the room we stayed in. It also felt super safe. Two pad locks just to get to our room and we even felt comfortable leaving the window open during the day and at night!
As far as things we did not like, we have 3 general concerns: the mattress and pillows, the quiet hours, and the lack of AC in the bedroom.
Our first & biggest concern, the bed and pillows. We understand that memory foam beds are very comforting for a lot of people. We have one ourselves. However, we felt that the mattress here was extremely hard and way too firm. This was uncomfortable for us because after long days out in the town, we felt we were unable to come back and relax on a comfortable bed to unwind at night. The overly firm bed also made for a difficult nights sleep, which ultimately caused further exhaustion over the course of our stay. Additionally, the pillows were very flat and lumpy, much like overused hotel pillows. It was to the point where we even dreaded coming back to the room because we knew it would not be a great sleep.
Our next concern was the quiet hours. Again, we understand the reasoning behind the quiet hours as there are potentially multiple guests staying in the home at one time. However, there is a restriction of not being permitted to do laundry between 10:00pm-8:00am. As I mentioned, our days here in Seattle were extremely long. We would be out most days from 8/9am until about 9/10pm, with no returns to the room throughout the day. Though we packed for a weeks long vacation, we knew we needed to do some laundry for the trip back home, or just to get some items cleaned while here. Unfortunately, we found ourselves having to delay or reschedule our vacation itinerary to accommodate for the restricting laundry rules. We, of course, did not have any intention of doing laundry at an unreasonable hour such as 3:00am. However, we would have like to do laundry at our leisure upon returning back to the room rather than feeling pressured to do it during the day when we are out and about in Seattle.
Lastly, we had was the issue of Air Conditioning. During the first day of our stay, we noticed the bedroom would become extremely humid and warm throughout the day. Once we would return from our day out and about in Seattle, we enjoyed walking into a cool and air conditioned kitchen area/office area at the front door, but were met with a warm, muggy bedroom. We thought initially that the muggy feeling might have been coming from our showers in the bathroom. However, even after leaving the bathroom door closed all day and making sure the bathroom was aired out prior to leaving in the morning, we still were met with a muggy room upon our return. We found ourselves finding more comfort in opening the window in the morning and leaving it open throughout the day to keep the room cool and dry. After looking in the room, there was no AC control unit or vent, but only a heating dial on the wall. We learned it was only a heating dial when we used it and heat started coming from the vent near the floor. We immediately turned it back down so the heat would turn off.
Overall, our stay was nice. It was the lowest price option that met our needs. The space was very very clean, safe, and a cozy place to end our days. These are just our concerns we think need to be considered.