It is an understatement to say that this stay was a disappointment. We’ve stayed in Airbnbs/VRBO at least twenty times over the past three years. We always pick Super-host places - we are looking for exceptional stays, not deals. This is the first time I’ve felt compelled to give less than five stars.
While not all of what we pay goes to the host, from my perspective, we paid $400 a night to stay there. We had hoped to relax and spend a good part of our stay in the condo, reading or watching movies, enjoying the view and taking walks in town.
Upon arrival, I spent 35 minutes or more trying to get the television to work before realizing that the batteries in the remotes weren’t just dead - there were no batteries at all in some of the remotes and no replacements in the condo. When I contacted the host, she said housekeeping was gone and her husband couldn’t come over until the next day. So, I guess we were supposed to pay $400 for that night with no working television. Sure, the host ultimately paid for the batteries but I am the one who had to schlep in the rain to and from Target and wait there while they told me they were out of stock. I am not the condo’s maintenance man!
As far as enjoying the view, the seating on the big couch has one’s back to the windows - a view of the kitchen is all that can be seen from there. The couch facing the window has no view because it is blocked by the big couch in front of the window.
Other items - one floor lamp in living area had a dead bulb making reading in the evening difficult at best, two of the outlets in the kitchen are dead so when we thought we were charging our phones, another surprise. No bedside clocks, a water stained coffee table, a cheap Westinghouse TV rather than a Smart TV so I had to rely on Roku for Apple casting. The Roku was buggy and kept dropping the stream. The list goes on….suffice it to say, I think this was a rip-off. We visit Seattle regularly but I can’t imagine staying at one of
Picture Properties’ properties in the future.