LOVED this Airbnb. Susanne was the perfect host and promptly responded to all my requests. There were six of us in town for the PK80 basketball tournament for a week and there was plenty of room for us to spread out. The furniture was extremely comfortable including the multiple sofas in the living area and the beds in the bedrooms.
The dining room table will seat 8 but there are also 4 stools around the counter in the kitchen. The kitchen was much wider than a normal galley kitchen allowing many people to move around at once while eating and cooking. (I even exercised in the kitchen with an exercise video on my Ipad.)
Pleasantly surprised to find many extra towels, soap, paper goods, and condiments already in the unit as these are not usually provided in a rental.
The train from the airport literally stops right across the street from the unit. (To go back you have to walk around the block) The public transportation in Portland is fabulous. We bought 7-day passes for adults for $28. Two of our party were over 65 (considered an honored citizen) and their pass was only $7.50. We used the trains and streetcars multiple times every day. Very clean and convenient. Most stops had an electronic sign indicating when the next train would arrive.
There is a cluster of food trucks right around the corner. Unfortunately, they closed on Thanksgiving and didn't open again until Monday due to the fact that most of their business comes from PSU students in the area. There is also a Duck House Chinese restaurant next door that was always packed.
We took the streetcar to the Safeway to purchase our groceries as we only had a car for two separate days to travel to wine country and Eugene, OR.
If you do have a car the parking spot is right in front of the door.
The kitchen has multiple pots , pans, bowls, baking sheets, tins, utensils, etc. It is better outfitted than my own kitchen. We purchased a cooked turkey from Whole Foods and then added all the sides ourselves. The fully equipped kitchen was perfect for cooking and eating meals in the unit.
There are a couple of nice outdoor decks on the house that we could not use as it rained every day during our stay. Susanne provides umbrellas should you forget yours.
We had a couple of suggestions: 1) Add another TV in the house. There were two men in our party who monopolized the TV and did a lot of channel flipping. 2) Put a coat rack or hooks on the wall right inside the front door. Everyone threw their coats on the sofa inside the door.
Hope to return to this Airbnb someday as we really enjoyed our stay there.