I stayed at Sasha's for three months.
The good:
- Spacious area with a convenient separate entrance.
- Street parking is 72 hours, easy to find, and rarely enforced.
- In-unit laundry
- Great location
- Sasha was quick to respond with issues, like when the internet went down.
The bad:
- The basement is freezing, especially in the winter.
- Not the cleanest place. To echo another review, it hasn't been deep-cleaned anytime recently.
- Spiders. I found a large dead one curled up in a coffee cup when I first moved in, and live ones throughout my stay. Lots of cobwebs as well.
- Uncomfortable bed with a large divot in the middle
- Noise carries easily from the upstairs unit. Her husky, while really sweet, barks and vocalizes loudly. I could hear every conversation, and the music was consistently loud.
- When coronavirus became an issue, my partner had to leave Germany and return to the U.S. within a 48hr. timespan because of travel restrictions. It was an awful, stressful time in which we had to rearrange plans for the next year in the space of two days. I'd already paid for my stay in full, and Sasha wanted to charge an extra $25/day ($575 total) for the three weeks he'd be here while we frantically had to find an apartment. I asked if she'd consider waiving the fee, or at least adjusting the rate, given the sudden unusual circumstances. She agreed to only charge $300 extra.
- After my stay, Sasha tried to charge me for a pre-existing burn/stain on the living room couch that you can clearly see in the original listing photo. She also tried to charge me for ordinary wear and tear to the counter, which was not in great shape when I arrived.