This is a mixed review for me. I debated if I should write this or not but I believe honesty is the best policy and this might help someone out there.. so, here it goes..
Let’s start with the good:
1. Kitchen and bathroom upgraded. Whoever did this job, you can tell they were informed “kitchen and bathrooms sell” and that’s why you see the emphasis in those areas in the pictures. The shower is great.
2. It is nicely modern decorated with nice neutral colors. A+
3. You will have coffee, tea, sugar, salt and pepper at your disposal. Although I felt everything was “counted”, just given enough: no more than 4 coffees keurig and I was staying for 3 days, only two cups of coffee of 4 mls each (very tiny cups), 2 plates, 1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon, etc.. thanks God I don’t drink more than 1 coffee cup a day otherwise I would had been out of luck.
4. Clean linens, clean space. No funny smells or anything. You can tell they do a good cleaning job here. The towels were clean with a nice scent. Nicely decorated on top of the bed.
5. It’s affordable. The bed is queen size, nice and comfortable but I wouldn’t “hang out” during the day here. Not enough space.
Cons:
1. This is a working class neighborhood. It’s not bad, I didn’t feel threatened or anything like it, but there is a park close by and I didn’t think it was a good idea to walk the 2-3 blocks to go there for my morning run. I decided to go to a local planet fitness and work out there.
2. I do not know what kind of guests this host previously had but I guess they had to be VERY bad ones. I felt kinda reprimanded from the moment I walked into the door with a sign on the wall that said: “we have decided to STOP the CONSTANT abuse from guests..” I didn’t know if I should laugh about it or walk out of this location. The host doesn’t even know me and she is already making assumptions about me and my character. I hope she read my reviews from other hosts before accepting my booking but I received TWO messages before arrival making sure I know how to unlock the door, where to park, do’s and Dont’s and how my reservation can be cancelled without ANY warning if I bring ANY guest.. which I was not planning to bring. It was a LIST of 13 Do’s and Don’t’s.. I believe it was a little bit too much. I guess It would had been best to send me a message inquiring about it, instead of accusing me already. Anyhow, I felt VERY uncomfortable by it.
3. It’s a VERY SMALL SPACE. More than ONE person is too much in this tiny space. You have very well divided areas but I would say this is a 350 sq ft area with NO cabinets were to put your clothes. I had a closet with 5 hangers and that was all.
I had to use the iron board, put a towel on top of it and that was were all my cosmetics, underwear, bras, socks, tshirts, blow dryer, hair products, lotions, moisturizers, etc were laying.
I raised my concerns to the host and she said she needed the space to put her cleaning supplies. There is a BIG cabinet that can serve for this purpose but it has a lock, so it cannot be used.. I think instead of putting the corner table, next to the bed.. a small cabinet with two drawers will fit perfectly there and it can accommodate a more mature crowd.
I’m in my 40’s I travel for business, I’m not into partying and I’m concerned about how I look so I always carry extra clothes and they get wrinkled easily..
Overall it was an average experience. I won’t label it as great. I just can say I’m grateful I was only there for 2 nights. I wouldn’t be able to stay any longer…
Ohhh I almost forgot.. Be ready to receive a text at 2 am on the day of your check out REMINDING you, checkout is at eleven.. God forbid you stay one extra minute, there will be additional charges. My flight was leaving at 7 am so I left at 4 am. Thanks God I couldn’t take no more warning texts.
Message to the host: there are good guests out there. There are not all bad. If you have such a bad experience, maybe you should pursue another industry but this is called the HOSPITALITY industry and we use Airbnb services because we want MORE than just an hotel room. Otherwise I would stay at the Marriot, right?