There were 5 of us young professional women visiting Seattle for our friend's bachelorette. We wanted to book something nicer for a weekend girls' trip. This 'pent house' wasn't what we had expected. The description and details are definitely misleading and not worth the price we paid for it. When anyone thinks of a penthouse, you assume luxury but this is just a 16th floor apartment where you walk through a hot stuffy building and take two separate elevators to get to.
When you arrive it is a rather outdated apartment building . There are a set of elevators connected to the garage and another at the entrance where you have to go through one building, take the elevator up to the third floor, walk down a hallway, and then take another elevator up to the 16th floor to another hallway and finally to the apartment. Not exactly private to indicate a penthouse.
The entire apartment has NO AC and visiting mid summer to a place with very large windows rendered it a not so pleasant stay! When I asked about ac or ac units, I was referred back to the host on the app and was just advised to make sure the heat wasn't on. There were big loud fans in each room which did little to help the rising heat during the day.
The living room is as pictured in the photo and probably the largest space for the place with two rooms and an air mattress. The place has little to offer in terms of what you would normally expect from an Airbnb superhost. No iron or a working coffee machine- the Mr. Coffee leaks when you try to brew a pod. Additionally, they charge you $10 for a ruined towel. When I asked about an iron I was told that the cleaners said there is one but did not know where.
Lastly, and most important was that the host messaged and requested an additional 'reconciliation fee' of $150 for cleaning and submitted photos of trash bags as proof for 'party clean up.' This added fee was most surprising as we did put up some celebratory balloons to commemorate the bachelorette but were sure to deflate the balloons and put everything away in trash bags. The added clean up proof provided to us were the trash we collected from our stay, bagged, and left behind. I also want to note that the exit instructions for the stay (through stayhub link provided by the host) does not indicate any specifics on removal of trash so we cleaned up and left the bags in the place. After exchanging 4-5 messages and sending screenshots to the host or their specific instructions, he said I could decline it if I didn't want to pay for it. Which is what I will be doing. I don't understand why we are charged a cleaning fee after already charging us in the booking. You are better off staying at a hotel as it will be cheaper, smell nicer, and have actual amenities.
Pros: Good location for exploring downtown Seattle as it is walkable or short Uber rides. The place is decently sized for a party of 4-5 but absolutely not for the summer.