Since our hosts were not in town when we arrived they made arrangements with a neighbor to let us in and show us around. The neighbor was very helpful and showed us how the locks worked and pointed out the breakfast items that the owner left for us, which included cereal, milk, yogurt and orange juice.

The location was great....not too far from the airport and the drive to downtown was very easy and quick. The view of Lake Washington from the street in front of the house is very pretty and the walk to the lake is just a couple of minutes. There was a booklet describing several local restaurants and coffee shops with maps showing how to walk to each, which was appreciated.

The bed was comfortable and there was a washer and dryer and kitchen if you were staying longer and needed to do laundry or wanted to cook. Our visit was only three nights so we did not use either.

The only issue we had was that all three nights when we returned from a long day we were greeted by a very large spider, which really scared my son who has a real fear of spiders....think Ron Weasley. He did a lot of research and sent a picture to a website that identified the spider as a hobo spider. They said that these spiders are very common in the Seattle area in August, but that did little to comfort my son who looked up images of spider bite reactions and they were not pretty. And I was not too excited to have to kill three of these 2" diameter quick moving spiders myself.

The owners returned home the night before we left, so we were able to meet them briefly before we took off, which was nice.