Since this house has no reviews yet I want to share our experience!

We (our family, kids 5 & 8 years old) just had wonderful two weeks vacation in Sarah's and her husband's house. The house was exactly like in photos in a really nice old Ravenna neighborhood about 15 blocks north from University of Washingon.

Sarah responded very fast to us and was really nice and helpful. She even invited us over to a glass of wine and tour of the house the day before we moved in as we were already in the Seattle area couple of days earlier. It was nice to go through all the practicalities of the house face to face and to meet the nice people who actually live in the house!

The house itself is a great old well renovated house. We especially appreciated the hardwood floors and the great kitchen. Instead of eating out all the time it was nice to just walk to Whole Foods (4 blocks away) and buy groceries and prepare food in the well-equipped kitchen or with char-coil or gas grill. Also the washing machine and dryer were useful for us. The house has three bedrooms + sofa-bed downstairs in the living room but in reality it is best suited for two couples or a family like ours.

I think the only negative thing with the house was that during the rare Seattle summer heat wave (we had max 89 F) the upstairs of the house gets quite warm (especially if you forget to cover the roof windows in one morning) as the house is old and does not have air conditioning. We are used to this with our summer cottage in Finland but for someone who has lived his life in a/c house: Remember to cover roof windows with curtains in the morning, it helps a lot!

Our kids appreciated the fact that the house has a good entertainment center and a good Wi-Fi network where they could get their iPad games working. Also the neighborhood Cowen Park playfield (in Ravenna Park) was their favorite in addition to swimming in Green Lake (10 blocks).

There is plenty of restaurants within walking distance, a good Whole Foods grocery store + regular Safeway nearby. Good upscale shopping mall University Village is 1 mile away and you can walk there via Ravenna park. The house has an easy access from I-5 and in good traffic conditions downtown Seattle is just 10 mins away by car if you are in a hurry. The bus line to downtown stops just one block away from the house and takes about 15 mins.

As a frequent runner, I appreciated the fact that the neighborhood is good and safe for running with good trails nearby (Green Lake park or Burke-Gilman via Ravenna park). And finally, since this was Seattle, the nearest coffee stand, Cowen Park Coffee, is just one block away and has really good coffee!