Pros:
- Great location! Walking distance and short Uber rides from pretty much everything you’d want to see in Seattle.
- Spacious enough for five people.
- Host was very responsive whenever we called with questions or issues. The passcode to his storage area where guests can leave their bags wasn’t working so he allowed us to leave our bags in the apartment until we had to leave for our flight.
Cons:
- Sheets and bedding didn’t look or feel clean, and three of us actually woke up with bug bites on our legs the next morning after our first night.
- The amount of blankets and towels provided upon our arrival only accommodated three people when the reservation clearly noted five guests. This initially was not an issue since we found extra blankets and towels in the closets. However, the host charged us a fee for extra cleaning and “damage to locked areas” after we checked out.
- We were accused of breaking into locked areas when all areas we that entered were unlocked upon our arrival.
Overall Review: I’m truly conflicted about my stay here. Despite the few great pros about staying at this apartment (location, price, flexibility, responsiveness), my friends and I did not appreciate being rudely accused and wrongly fined for damaging and breaking into closet areas that (1) were never locked upon our arrival, (2) the apartment was never prepared to accommodate five people in the first place, hence our entering the closet areas to look for extra blankets and towels for our other two guests, and (3) we definitely did not see nor did we leave any damages on any doors during our stay. We all personally checked out feeling great about this Airbnb, commenting how we would come back and stay again (despite the dirty sheets). However, after being aggressively accused of such great offenses, on top of the host’s clear lack of preparation for our reservation of five guests (which we would have overlooked for the initial pros if not for the accusations and lack of the host’s own accountability), I cannot fully recommend this host to anyone.