Charming Tangletown:
Positives: Brenda and Mark are GREAT communicators. They responded to my questions and requests within minutes. Mark (brother of Brenda) lives on the premises. Brenda also credited us for some of my labor and also all materials that I purchased to improve the unit. (First floor of large duplex.)
The Airbnb was in the middle of Tangletown, a lovely area of grand century-old homes that tangle along Minnehaha Creek. Airbnb is on Nicollet, a main drag through Tangletown for autos and busses and airplanes overhead. This did NOT bother me, but it might some people. Bus every 10 minutes to downtown which I used frequently, not wanting to pay big bucks for parking. Tangletown is a great neighborhood for walking along the creek, and viewing the beautiful homes and gardens in the area. It is central to Mpls/St. Paul area; equidistant to my family in New Brighton and my friends and old neighbors in west Bloomington.
Charming Tangletown....well not quite “charming.” Pictures were true, but pictures hide a lot of spider webs, bad caulking jobs, bad paint jobs, flaking paint and dusty radiators, dings in walls, dirty interior and exterior windows, dead insects in light fixtures, bacteria laden shower curtain, broken light fixtures. Cleanliness and maintenance were not up to my standards. Granted, my standards are probably higher than most folks; plus we were staying 4 ½ months, not just a quick move-in and move -out over a weekend.
But the positives outweigh the negatives and we are staying again next Summer in “Charming Tanglewood.”
Thank you Brenda and Mark!