Had a wonderful stay at Katherine's home. Stayed here along with my mother for a weekend. Katherine was very quick to respond when I contacted her with a couple questions. This was my first time using Airbnb, and I have nothing but positive things to say about this experience. Host Katherine messaged me with clear instructions on the location of her home, how to get inside, which rooms we were welcome to use, etc. We arrived at about 1:00am - Katherine was very flexible and had no problem letting us in at that time. She left post-it notes with clear, helpful info about every thing we needed to know for our stay (from where to put our key when we left to identifying containers of coffee and tea we could use).
Katherine has two adorable, very friendly cats. However, if you aren't a huge cat person but don't mind sharing a space with them, they didn't follow us around the house or come cuddle with us almost at all, so shouldn't be an issue.
The house itself is cozy, clean, sunny, and calm. It's equipped with lots of kitchen supplies. The house is located in the Midway neighborhood in Saint Paul, which is near Hamline University, Macalester College, I-94 freeway, and within walking distance of the Green Line Light Rail and lots of great restaurants. I'm very familiar with Saint Paul, and found this house and neighborhood safe and conveniently located.
Would most definitely stay here again!