Great place to stay. Colin was communicative/responsive- wanting to assure we were comfortable. This was a first trip to Portland for our family, I loved that the reviews all mentioned how safe the area felt, and how easy street parking was. I guess, in my mind, I expected to park on the street IN FRONT of the house rather than around the corner and up the street a bit. Getting luggage in was a little cumbersome, and the stairs are tight- so be smart.
When we first arrived (having driven past so much of Portland’s transient population all through town) we weren’t sure of the area, and didn’t feel comfortable having our girls go to the car for anything by themselves. Admittedly we’ve always lived in subdivisions in smaller towns- so it was just different for us. The next day, during daylight, there were plenty of folks riding bikes and walking dogs- which made it feel more comfortable.
The first night was warm out and so Colin ran the house AC, we were plenty comfortable. The next 2 nights had a cool enough forecast that he suggested we open our windows for air, as he wouldn’t be running the AC. I was a little hesitant about this, and my girls were really uncomfortable with any of the common area windows being open to sleep. We decided that we felt ok about the bedroom window because of the shrubbery around it… I checked with Colin about a fan, but there isn’t one in the unit, so we went and bought one to try to keep air moving. It worked fairly well. We were driving, so it wasn’t a problem to get the fan home, but if flying, we would’ve probably had to just leave it.
I’m a 48 y.o woman though- so cool air for sleeping is pretty high on my list if you know what I mean!
Everyone LOVED the shower!! That was a huge hit. There is a tankless water heater and so they never ran out of hot water. The water heater does make some noise when hot water is turned on anywhere in the house- so you will hear that off and on in the day (I just didn’t know what it was at first, kinda sounded like vacuuming).
It was really a good little place to stay, I know this review is long- but I just want naïve suburbanites like me to have a clear picture, I didn’t know Portland at all to have a frame of reference. But it was a great visit, and we would stay there again in a heartbeat.