Overall, our stay here was OKAY BUT NOT GREAT.
First off, let's start with the pros:
- Location was excellent. So central in Seattle. Easy access to great Stone Way restaurants, Fremont commercial strip, Green Lake, etc. And the immediate neighborhood (once you get off the busy street on which the house is located) is nice to walk around.
- The beds were comfy
- It had air conditioning, which was helpful in Aug(!)
- TV had plenty of good options (Netflix, HBO, etc.) easily accessible
However, there were some meaningful cons which made our stay quite mediocre relative to other (great!) Airbnb accommodations we have had:
- The wear and tear on the house was significant. Nail heads were sticking up out of the hardwood floors, and we ripped several pairs of socks on them when walking around without shoes. Marks on the walls / divots in the plaster in some places.
- All of the furnishings / decor felt like they had gone with the cheapest / flimsiest possible options. It all just felt cheap and insubstantial, from the dining room table and chairs to the plates and flatware to the coffee table
- None of the bedrooms had dressers / bureaus. So we literally just lived out of our suitcases
- The house is on a very busy street. There is meaningful road noise from the bedrooms in the front of the house. And we didn't feel great about parking our car on the busy street for fear of it getting sideswiped.
- We had ants in the kitchen and bathrooms. Host offered to fix, but we didn't want the house sprayed while we were there. Probably lots of places in Seattle have ants in the the hot summer, but still annoying.
All-in-all, it was a home that allowed us to gather and share meals and spend evenings together (so still better than a hotel), but not a great Airbnb experience relative to other homes we have gotten.