Things we liked: 1) The location is awesome and this home is within walking distance of a park, lots of restaurants and shops, and it's a short drive to downtown. 2) Parking near the home is free and easy to find. 3) The neighborhood is full of cool, old houses and is quiet and friendly and we felt safe.
Things we didn't like: 1) Check in was supposed to be at 3 p.m. and I was to be notified about the code to get in prior to 3 p.m. When we arrived in town and I didn't hear anything by 3:10, I reached out via Air BnB messaging. I sent a second message 20 minutes later and then followed up with a text to her phone number listed. She finally responded to my text and said the cleaning crew hadn't responded to her, which delayed her reaching out to me. To that, I would argue that she should have communicated with me about that without me having to reach out multiple times to her. It was a very tense 40 minutes. 2) When we arrived, the house was not clean. I reached out to the host and she responded in a timely fashion and to her credit, got the cleaning crew out to take care of that while we were out to dinner. They only left us two clean towels and I had to text the host later that night to request more, to which she again responded quickly and we had extra towels the next day. However, I will note that neither my husband nor myself really felt that the home was well-cleaned. The floors were gritty and there were fruit flies everywhere. 3) The bathroom door doesn't fully shut and is incredibly loud opening and closing. You will 100% wake up whomever else is in the bedroom if you have to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.
Things to be aware of: 1)The Alice in Wonderland experience is not as I anticipated. If you are over 5'5" tall, you are going to have to stoop to get into the bathroom and the shower will be a struggle if you are over 5'7". My husband is 6'3" and felt like Buddy the Elf showering at the North Pole. 2) The only bathroom is only accessible through the "master" bedroom. This is important to note if you are staying with more than two people. 3) The staircase is incredibly noisy and steep. And you can hear the tenants of the other side of the house when they walk up and down the stairs - it's very disconcerting.