This was a functional , clean enough, and convenient place to stay for 4 of us visiting our mother a block away. The main bedroom and bathroom were quite comfortable and spacious, as was the living and dining room areas – enough room to hang out and put a few yoga mats down.
The description of the 2nd bedroom with two bunks as being accessed through the kitchen neglects to mention that the doorway to this room is partially blocked by the refrigerator, leaving an opening of 17” – so please take note if you plan on having large guests in this room.
The shower in that room was a bare trickle of lukewarm water and unusable, which meant that there were four of us sharing the one main bathroom.
There was ONE roll of toilet paper for FOUR people for one week, with no spares anywhere in the house. There were no dish towels and ONE roll of paper towels, with no spares.
Worst of all, the coffee machine, which we were counting on for the mornings, was absolutely disgusting – an old filter, now encrusted with green and white mold, had been left since who knows when, and was unusable. No one was willing to touch it.
There were two sets of keys left, but only one that allowed you to lock or open the inner door, so we had to leave them unlocked (with only the outer keypad door for security).
We emailed Kathy the first day to let her know about all this, and asked for some extra paper products and a replacement coffee machine (or to have it cleaned). She said she would leave another key, which she never did, and just basically ignored our other requests. I have never had another Airbnb owner/manager not respond in this way.
In some ways, these are minor things that could very easily be remedied, and we hesitated before leaving a negative review, but we felt that future renters should know these things, and perhaps the owner will pay closer attention to the basic details. This is a very no frills apartment, and there are many very basic things that would have made this more hospitable.