We had a really great stay at Karen's place. She reached out with advice both about seattle and other things I was interested in. Karen wasn't there when we stayed but her husband and daughter were friendly and helpful. The place is the basement of their house, which is cool in the summer. It is carpeted and has a fireplace. It was clean and nicely decorated with everything we needed. The house is in a beautiful neighbourhood on a hill. It is a little out of the way but there's a bus stop just down the road. The local area, madrona, is small but has 3-4 places to eat, a yummy ice cream store, a minimal supermarket, is downhill about two bus stops away. Downtown is onebusaway - takes about 30 mins.