This is a beautiful historic hotel that is renting its rooms through airbnb, it operates more like a hotel than an airbnb. Upon checkin we were assigned a room (not the room from our listing, but with no material differences). Our IDs were scanned and a contract signed before we were shown our room, which might be off putting for some guests who again, are expecting an airbnb like experience. We were told we could receive a historical tour of the hotel but weren’t able to schedule time the two days we were there even though we left our Sunday schedule flexible to accommodate for one.
The host was communicative before arrival making sure we understood the nature of the rental (shared bathrooms, one outlet, etc) and asked that we give a few hours notice of our arrival. This is because the doors of the building are kept locked for security, you must be let in by a doorman. The listing states the doorman is 24/7 on weekends, but we did not find this to be true. However, a quick call to the host 10-15min before our arrival in the evenings meant we never had to wait to be let in. We spoke with another guest who did get stuck outside of the building for multiple hours on a Saturday though, so we always left the hotel with everything we’d need for the day in case we weren’t able to get back in easily.
The room was clean, though the bedroom and bathroom sinks could have gone for a scrub. There was a strong musty smell throughout the building that is common in museums and other places housing antiques. I did find it a little bothersome and it came home on my clothes and robe, but my partner wasn’t the slightest bit bothered so take your own tolerance for odor into account.
The bed was a bit problematic, a wire bed frame with what truly felt like an ancient spring mattress. I was fearful of breaking it when I sat on the edge to put on shoes, but it was not as uncomfortable as I was expecting to sleep on, just very very loud.
In summary the value for money here is extremely good. You get a safe, well maintained space in an amazing part of Seattle with history to boot. Don’t expect too many creature comforts or your standard Airbnb experience though, and give plenty of notice on when you plan to come and go. We would stay here again in the future.