Great apartment near Pike Street. We spent a few days in Seattle after staying on the Oregon coast for 10 days. The apartment is one block up the seafront from Pike Street Market and numerous breweries. Very easy walk to the Space Needle and the Chihuly Garden. Fun area with lots of Indie shops, enough coffee shops / bakeries & restaurants to last us for a year (If we stayed that long), and of course Pike Street Market. The location was better than great, and an apartment is far better than a hotel for us (four people who want a kitchen and separate bedrooms).
The apartment is small but intelligently laid out, with a well-functioning bathroom which was greatly appreciated for four people. We had a great time running around Seattle and then watching a good movie mid evening (the host is very generous w/ movie channel options, HBO, Netflix, etc).
The host was very communicative which I also appreciated, and answered questions I had about Seattle. One suggestion would be providing the key codes a bit earlier, I understand not done 'til the day of, for security, but, it did make me slightly nervous that the instructions didn't come until a few hours before we were arriving.
Highly recommend taking the host's advice and skipping having a car. We turned our car in at the downtown Seattle Enterprise location which was a great move, walked everywhere, and hired a car to get to the airport.
My only suggestions (and these are not negatives, just something that would make the apartment more comfortable), would be to have a CD style shelf tower on each side of the bed in the smaller bedroom. It was a bit uncomfortable for our two daughters as there was no place to perch their stuff. The beds are very comfortable, no issue there. My other suggestion is that the kitchen needs to have a couple hot pads, dish towel, and a dishcloth. We did cook (Pike Market seafood!) and not having these basics made the kitchen a bit awkward. Otherwise the kitchen is adequate for what we needed it for.
Overall this was a great launching pad for our few days in Seattle and I would definitely stay again if we were in the area. Thanks to the host for a great accommodation!