Keep in mind while reading this review that this was our first trip since COVID hit. We are all vaccinated but are cautious and had high expectations for cleanliness especially since there are notifications throughout booking and all over Airbnb regarding higher standards of cleanliness and sanitation between guests during these times.
We booked Belinda's place when there was only 1 review in place so there wasn't much to go off of. The pictures looked a bit odd but we had procrastinated on booking something so we thought her place would be perfect because it was close to where we needed to be for a wedding. Belinda did give fair warnings that the place was still under renovation and some things were missing so I had kept my expectations low. With that all in mind, we specifically booked this place assuming it would be easier to park than other places. When we arrived around 12AM there was absolutely zero parking for blocks which was just sheer bad luck because throughout the rest of the trip there were random spots open on the street or a few blocks away. We ended up driving around for ~30 minutes trying to figure out what to do/where to park.
Right when we opened the front door, it felt like we were punched in the face with a strong strong smell of weed. Which I thought was so very odd since there were strict rules in Belinda's instructions about no smoking. The smell was only at the front end of the house which unfortunately also affect one of the bedrooms upstairs. We were exhausted at this point so we just settled with the two smaller rooms that were available downstairs.
When I took a first glance around the house I questioned if we were the only ones staying there at that time. There were towels misplaced and previously used in the bathroom. The kitchen cabinets were sticky, the fridge was dirty, and it was half full of opened and unopened items. Upon closer inspection (keep in mind it's about 2AM now) half the food was actually rotten and the packaging had expirations dates going back to Feb 2021. None of the smoke alarms were plugged in, not sure if this is required or not since I'm not from Oregon but didn't seem very safe. I had absolutely no energy to go through everything and clean the kitchen so we ended up leaving it as a problem for the next day. Knowing that the kitchen was uncleaned left me very uneasy about the rest of the house and if it was actually sanitized since the last visitors had been there. Needless to say I did not get a peep of sleep that night, or morning at this point. Our entire stay consisted of being very cautious of what we touched and we basically only used the sink and 2 cups in the kitchen. A lot of things around the house are there but don't "work" which I'm sure Belinda will fix on her next trip to the house.
TL;DR the place is in a very quiet area and it's nice location wise but there were a ton of things that were broken/unusable. It's probably a place to just sleep and shower or I guess somewhere you can stay long term if you want to take the time to organize/fix/clean everything before using it
P.S. Belinda does respond very quickly if you ever need anything and the air units in each room are very helpful (although one of the bedroom ones didn't work well)