Overall, it was an "OK" experience. I stayed at Ann/Gerritt's place for about 2 weeks. While I exchanged messages with them and communications were good/timely, I don't believe I ever saw them. A very creative living space, but the living conditions will make me look for another listing if I'm ever back in the area.
***PROs*** Very quiet place... it is in a quiet neighborhood and the guesthouse is in the back of the property in an alley away from the street. It is 2 floors, so you do feel "away"... a very creative space/layout. The communications with Ann were really good, prompt; whenever I needed something, Ann was quick to deliver them (scissors, fan, dish soap). Netflix!! I'm not sure if it was Ann's account, or the previous guest forgot to clear it out, but that was a great feature. Having a washer/dryer in the place was good. Lots of hot water. Location was good... right down the hill is Columbia City with restaurants and bars.
***CONs*** The guesthouse has a "rustic" decor to it, which is cool, but many of their cooking/eating instruments were VERY rustic. Save 1 cheap pot, the rest of the pots/pans in the cabinets looked like they were from the 1950s... old, rusty, and not sure if it was safe to cook on. As noted above, there were regular household items that were missing: utensils, dish soap, scissors, a working fan, etc. As I also noted above, however, as soon as I dropped a message, Ann was quick to rectify. WiFi wasn't the greatest: 15 MBPS DOWNLOAD, 1 MBPS UPLOAD. In this area, it's pretty poor... I was WFH, so not great for video conferences, which I did all day. The biggest annoyance was the lack of window/bug screens... there is vegetation all around the house and with it comes bugs; I would walk down the stairs in the AM and walk through spiderwebs. I didn't want to open windows to let in some fresh air because I didn't want bugs flying/crawling in... I had to kill a few of them. While I was there, it was unseasonably HOT. While there was an AC in the bedroom, it didn't keep the room cool... since there is no attic space to retain the heat (the bedroom is the "attic"), the heat would pass right down from the roof and into the room. Even with the AC set at the coldest setting, the room never got cool until the evening. With the lack of window screens, I did not want to open the windows to avoid bugs crawling on me at night.