We had a wonderful experience with our friends and their daughter, when we came to Seattle for a weekend. This basement apartment is a great place to stay with easy parking and access to the bus. The neighborhood is beautiful and great to walk around. Old downtown Ballard is only a half hour walk and has many great restaurants and things to do. We found it useful to warm up the apartment just a little when we got there, but it was fine after that. We would happily stay here again!