Short version:
This was the nicest airbnb that my wife and I have ever stayed in. Brit and Ray made it easy for us to reach them and responded very quickly to when we needed something.
Long version:
We needed to be in Seattle for 3 days for our little dog's surgery and follow-up visits and we wanted to be comfortable, so we rented Ray and Brit's house. It was huge - 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. I loved how big the house is and how nice the furnishings were. Maybe you've stayed at an Airbnb where you sensed the owners tried to spend as little as possible to furnish the place and you put up with it because it was only for a night or two. That's exactly Ray and Brit didn't do.
All the appliances seemed new or "newer" and were in some ways nicer than what we have in our own home. Even though we stayed in the master bedroom upstairs, we noticed that the beds in all 3 rooms had good mattresses - nice support and comfortable. In one room, Ray has 2 of his acoustic guitars hanging on the wall in case you want to play them. When my wife asked if there was a hairdryer she could borrow, Brit had Amazon deliver a new one that same day.
Ray and Brit have a collection of books in the living room that was really interesting to me (speaking Korean, an autobiography of a former First Lady, race relations, jazz) and they have a huge (20+) collection of games (we saw baskets of children's toys downstairs, too). We don't have a young child but if you do, the back yard is pretty big and has a nice swing set, a collection of soccer balls and basket balls and the kind of basketball hoop that you can easily adjust (hydraulic) for height. Again, all of this stuff looks fairly new. In the back yard there's also a workout room with an extensive collection of weights and equipment - then downstairs in the house there's a room with an exercise bike where the screen lights up as soon as you start peddling. Again, high quality and looked new. Also downstairs they have this enormous tv (80"?) with a great sound system and 4 (appeared new) recliners like some movie theaters have. Super comfortable. Not only that, but the kitchen upstairs is really nice (lots of dishes, utensils, pots, pans, etc.) then downstairs (by the movie theater) is another smaller kitchen with a refrigerator, Keurig coffee maker and popcorn popper. So if we return someday and bring our daughter or another couple, there's lots of space for everyone to stretch out.
The furniture they chose throughout the house is really nice - for instance, the dining room has a wooden table and chairs set that I'd like to have in my own house - same thing with the rugs in the dining room and master bedroom; it's all high quality. And the street's quiet, too.
So why am I giving so many details? It's because of all the "so so" airbnbs I've stayed in that were "ok" but not that great; and I wanted to contrast that with Ray and Brit's home being so outstanding.
So that my friends, is why I gave this home 5 stars. I highly recommend Ray and Brit's home to you. We had such a comfortable stay. As far as quality, in many ways it was like our own home. I have to imagine it cost a lot of money to make this home so nice; we very much appreciated this and completely enjoyed our stay.