I stayed here when my other Airbnb canceled last minute. I usually stay downtown and wasn't sure what the U district would be like but it looks and feels just like downtown! Extremely walkable, everything you could want is steps out your front door. Melissa is a great communicator and the building appeared very safe. It didn't look exactly like the photos - there was an empty tv stand there and the people that were there before wanted a big work table brought in and it was still there and I had to kind of squeeze past it when walking around but I ended up rearranging the furniture and all was fine. This is a nice basic sunny apartment but please note two things - you can only take a less than 5 minute shower due to their being not much hot water which didn't affect me personally all that much but if you have two or more in your party, you'd need to be super quick or space your showers out. It even says that in the welcome letter. Secondly there are no toiletries at all provided. No soap, no hand soap and just a tiny bit of shampoo in an almost empty bottle, no conditioner. Curiously there was pore minimizer scrub though (assuming someone left it behind) I did notice a hairdryer though. I went to the dollar store around the corner and got the basics so it was fine but the dollar store is going out of business soon the cashier told me but there is a Safeway a few blocks down.
I left my shampoo and conditioner in the apartment so enjoy if it's still there! There is some cookware but no salt/pepper, oil, etc. There is no coffee maker or even coffee mugs. There is a microwave oven and a regular oven and a fridge so I ended up just getting stuff from the Safeway deli to heat up through out my stay. There are two drinking glasses provided. I bought a wine opener and left it in the drawer, hopefully it stays. Not sure about the laundry in the building, I was told there was one but I ended up doing my laundry next door at the laundry mat which is nice and big with speed washers/dryers. The biggest pro about this apartment other than the location is that the bed was surprisingly comfortable. Extremely comfortable in my opinion. You control the heat and it gets nice and toasty for cold nights. So overall, this is a safe location in a wonderful part of the city-the number 49 bus is one block away and in 16 minutes will have you downtown. But it is basic and not really cozy, you won't be rushing to get back to your Airbnb at the end of the day but your needs will be met for sure.