This was a bit of a mixed bag and I rated it 3 out of 5 stars.
++PROS: Location is close to downtown offices, tourist attractions and the waterfront, secure parking garage, well laid out space that feels much bigger than it is, friendly and accommodating hosts when you can get a hold of them.
++CONS: So much noise, poor communication on check-in/check-out, lots of little things that were missed/skimped on
++THE SPACE: Small, but very well laid out and feels much bigger than it it. It has a nice TV that can easily be viewed from the bed or swung around to view from the couch. Having secure parking was a great benefit and there wasn't much noise from neighbors, but there was a ton of it from the surroundings (see location section). The unit was skimping/missing some basic amenities: no toiletries even though listed (they did bring some after I inquired, but indicated they don't usually provide), no dish soap, no laundry detergent, no hand towels or face clothes (only large bath towels), obviously used sponge on the counter and the thinnest/cheapest toilet paper I have ever seen (including public spaces). On the other hand, the couch had some minor tears in it that didn't bother me at all, but they had bought a new one already and switched it out while I was there. The selection of pots, pans, plates, silverware, etc was good and they had several items in the pantry like canned food, but oddly no cooking oil.
++LOCATION: the condo is located half a block from a main party street in Seattle which means lots of noise from party goers, but worse are the noise from the dumpsters that are in the alley directly below your unit. The restaurants are constantly emptying trash bags full of glass bottles into them and trash trucks are emptying all through out the night/early morning making a lot of noise when they do so. Additionally, on the weekends there is a club that is located on the first floor of the building that plays so much bass that even though you are on the 5th floor of the building, it comes through loud and clear in your unit. Asking the hosts to setup the AC (it has to be specially set up by them) helped a lot as it allowed me to close the windows (w/o getting too hot) and the noise from the unit served as white noise to help drown out most of the noise. Noise aside, the location is fine but if I had it to do again, I would pick a different neighborhood as after a day or two of the downtown touristy things, I found myself traveling to other neighborhoods instead. So unless you need to be downtown for work or something similar, I would consider other neighborhoods, but this is clearly a personal preference which I am not holding against the unit.
++COMMUNICATION: Lisa and Randy were really nice when I interacted with them, but the communication was problematic at times. For instance when I inquired about shipping something to the unit that might arrive before I got there, they graciously offered to receive the package for me and left it in the unit which was super nice of them. On the other hand, check-in requires meeting them to get the keys and they did not reach out to me about coordinating a time/place to meet. After not hearing from them, I reached out to them ~24 hours before check in and they did not reply until only a few hours before I arrived. Randy met me and was super nice although the conversation seemed a bit rushed as I think he had somewhere to go. The day before check out I hadn't heard from them on how they would like to handle me returning the keys since I had no way of locking the door and we hadn't discussed it. I messaged them around 12pm the day before checkout asking how to handle handing off the keys and never heard back from them. I eventually just left the keys on the counter and left the unit unlocked. When booking, I inquired about a desk to work at and they graciously offered to provide one, but when I arrived it turns out they needed to order one and had forgotten. They did go ahead and order one and offered to bring it to me about a week after I arrived.
++ OVERALL: Maybe I just got Lisa and Randy at a poor time as outside of the noise (which they can't control) most of things were minor and I got the impression that the place may have just been turned over quickly (maybe by someone who hadn't done it before?) and things were missed. A 3 in my book is still a decent rating and I wouldn't tell anyone not to stay here, but I don't think it is fair to other airbnb users to rate a place that costs this much as 4 or 5 stars when there are other places in the same price range where these things are not an issue (or at least not as many) .