Sherry’s place was clean and close to downtown Seattle, my family and I stayed there for 5 nights.
Pros:
- close to Seattle downtown, walkable to groceries, coffee shops and various restaurants
-clean
- lots of beds
- large spacious bedrooms
-Wi-Fi strong throughout the unit
-view of space needle
- nice top floor balcony
-easy check-in and check out: no doing laundry stripping the sheets or expectation to clean the place ( this is common requirement by many airbnbs), we could leave our luggage in the stair well before and after check out for convenience due to the later checkin time.
- nice free amenities such as shampoo, conditioner body wash, tea, coffee
-washing machine if you’re around for a longer stay
Cons:
- all the mattresses are all pretty lumpy, not supportive and for those need more support like my parents and myself it wasn’t very restful
- very basic kitchen equipment only, if you plan on cooking you’ll need to buy all seasonings and work with limited equipment
-the parking is for a small compact car only and street parking is difficult - this we couldn’t rent a suv or minivan that would fit the whole party and ended up booking a lot of Ubers
-the living space is super small. The couch area shown in the photos is the only space that’s shared. If you want to eat together it’s a small folding table over the couch area on stools only.
-There is a huge patio area off the first floor but no furniture so it unuseable. ( only in the top floor balcony) would be great to extra living space or eat dinner on if there were some table and chairs given the small living space.
- there was only one paper towel rolls for all 7 of us for 5 days.
Not a huge deal bc we just bought some more and used extra napkins from chipotle when started to run out but We asked for more paper towels and we’re told they’d follow up with a time to bring them by but never followed up.
Not a cons - but just a things to keep in mind if booking:
Sherry’s place is 4 floors and each floor has two sets of stairs - which means there are ALOT of stairs. I’m used to stairs as I live a similar townhouse condo set up but if you’re traveling with older folks something to keep in mind. The main living area is on the third floor. I’ll point out all the homes in the area seem to be multi level so this might be the case in most airbnbs available in the area.
- the neighborhood is mixed. If you aren’t familiar with Seattle, keep in mind this neighborhood would be likely be a more hipster vibe. It’s partially gentrified. I felt safe but my older parents commented on the large number of homeless folks and people openly using illicit substances in the stair wells and graffiti in the area. But we never felt unsafe and walked out past 10pm a few times to get dessert.
-value wise the rental is okay - so not price savings given we probably could have booked 3 nice hotel rooms for the same price ( has 3 bedrooms, 4 queen beds)
- it’s definitely in a hilly neighborhood ( Capitol HILL) so if you have older folks who are unsteady take note.