Look no further people. There's a reason why Derek has been a SuperHost. :) My boyfriend and I stayed here for a total of 5 days/4 nights at the end of October and really loved it. Derek followed up with me prior to our stay and made sure we had instructions on entering the apartment and made himself available through the app if we had any questions. The basement apartment unit itself was clean, modernized, updated and very cozy. I felt like we'd found a nice little home away from home--a place we could come back to after sight-seeing, eating and drinking and just relax and watch Netflix in (the Roku works really well, but there's also a cable box if you must watch live sports like my partner :P). The bed was also very comfy...I saw some other Seattle places on AirBnb, but there was always a caveat like the bed was too hard, location, shower pressure, etc. etc. Derek's place had the best reviews, best value and couldn't be better located--Capitol Hill cafes, restaurants and shops were 2 blocks away. Consider what you'd spend at another AirBnb with lesser reviews or a hotel--what we spent you'd spend for two nights and it wouldn't be the same. We also took awesome walks to downtown Seattle everyday and took advantage what the neighborhood had to offer. As a FYI: you can sometimes hear some footsteps from above (which is where the host lives), but nothing out of the norm -- my boyfriend, who's a lighter sleeper, did just fine. My only regret is that I didn't get to say hi and thank you to Derek in person since we were oftentimes at the property at the same time--too much vacationing I suppose. 5 stars all around here.

Cheers from Chi,
Lucia