My family and I had a great time staying at Dennis's Portage Bay View apartment. We were visiting Seattle for our middle son's UW graduation and made a short vacation out of the trip. The location was very convenient to the university and to the Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. We enjoyed walking the Portage Bay neighborhood, and the views from the apartment were outstanding.

We found the apartment to be as advertised. Dennis and his business partner own the building and have done a major remodel on the whole building. As such, everything in the unit is very new and in good condition. There is relatively little noise when the windows are closed, and we enjoyed the sounds of the boats and drawbridge during the day when we had the windows open.

As a host, Dennis was very responsive to my inquiries during booking and prior to our arrival. We didn't need to contact him during our stay but did have the chance to meet him and his partner, as they were doing some work on an adjacent unit that they are preparing to put on the AirBnb market. Both took the opportunity to inquire about how our stay was going, which was appreciated.

I would definitely rent this unit again if staying in the area.