The location of the place is great for anyone who loves visiting the part of town that has alternating cocktail lounges and dive bars, and has more character than the high-end downtown area. Seattle has a convenient Lime bike service that makes it easy to get from the unit to the major tourist destinations around town. This area of town is less trendy but probably a little bit cleaner than the bigger and more exaggerated high vs low-end establishments in the Capitol Hill area.
However, the AC unit in the bedroom was a big noise factor. The air intake connects to the exterior bedroom window through a vinyl panel wedged between tha partially open window and the frame, which is just duct taped into place. I realize that the AC is probably a great asset in the summer, but in the winter it did nothing but contribute to the noise problem in the room. The noise level is SIGNIFICANT since there is a busy street below, and the vinyl sheet makes it impossible to fully close the window. This was very disappointing, since we were not able to sleep comfortably with so much outside noise.
Furthermore, I feel as though there was pressure to hide the fact that we were Airbnb guests from the building management. Another person, Ron did a fantastic job giving us a tour of the building and giving us recommendations of places to eat and drink nearby, as well as serve as a local tour guide to fun things around town. however, another big part of his job was to go over the 'rules' of the building, most of which are aimed at not allowing outside guests into the building and a warning about letting the door-people know we were airbnb guests. There have also been noise complaints about the unit from the downstairs neighbor, and i feel as though it is somewhat unfair to subject them to an increased noise level from temporary rather than permanent residents (there being a differnece in noise level due to several factors such as being on a vacation rather than mostly going to/from work, etc). In short, I don't think the building is welcoming to airbnb guests, and I feel as though we would have had less of a guilty conscience about staying elsewhere.