***One issue I had with the host Loren was his poor choice in handling a late checkout. I had not realized the checkout was at 10am. Fern had sent a friendly reminder at 9:40AM that checkout was at 10:00AM and that they had guests coming later. I said we would hurry and that it might be a bit past 10:00 with my apologies. Her reply was "ok". As I was loading the luggage into the car I saw an "RV America"camper pull up looking at the house. I wondered if there were early arrivals, yet check-in is at 3:00PM.
As we were getting the last of our items ready, Loren hollered down the stairwell from upstairs (it's a basement rental) VERY rudely, "Holly!! Holly! We've got a problem!! It's after 10, you've got to go! Our next guests are here!" To which I was baffled, seeing as it's literally under 10 minutes past 10:00 and checkin isn't until 3:00... "they need to leave their luggage and you've got to go!!"
Confused and trying to communicate through an upstairs stairwell and downstairs bedroom conversation, I explained we are getting ready to leave and I don't mind if they need to enter, and I'll come to the stairs to talk about it, to which his reply was very abrupt and condescending, "come to the stairs and open the garage so they can leave their luggage there".
Honestly the whole conflict (and now poor review) could have been avoided with simple manners and a MUCH better, cerebral approach instead of so emotionally charged. A simple, "hey guys we told the next guests they could drop luggage so would you mind entering your code to open the garage door?" Would have been plenty sufficient, And clearly we would have gotten out of there ASAP, as we did anyway within minutes of Loren's terribly rude approach. The conversation with Fern where she said "ok" was around 10:03AM and we were completely out by 10:13AM. With the other guests' luggage all loaded in garage and they were gone. I really don't think him losing his temper and being rude was worth it, now it's a negative experience and I would not recommend dealing with such an unstable temperament from a host.
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The location was great and served our purpose of seeing different areas of Seattle well. The place was plenty big size-wise which was great to spread out and relax. The hosts had great communication and were helpful when I asked to use something.
There are a lot of rules and details and it is obvious they run a tight ship, but the place is mostly clean and they leave you mostly alone so the details and rules serve a purpose.