I would not recommend this place to anyone, especially during the summer months.
It was 106 degrees in Portland during the day, and when we arrived, well after midnight, the second floor of the house was still well over 100 degrees inside, with fans blowing around hot air.
We were expecting high temperatures and tried to work with Gabrielle to buy AC units (we would pay) but she works with an agency to list the home so our messages were responded to by several unhelpful people. The upstairs windows are abnormally small, and many do not have screens, so we were unable to leave them open or install the two AC units we bought for the house.
For the amount of money that we paid, we expect more — or at the very least, responsiveness and proactiveness about preparing for the heatwave in Portland by bringing proper air conditioning into the home to make it a safe stay. Gabrielle kept sending us pre-written messages and not answering our questions about the condition of the house.
It was so hot during the night, that at 3 a.m. we resigned to sleep in the living room, sharing the single A/C unit in the building and the space among all five of us. We slept on the couch, which was stained and looked dirty and overused.
The bathroom upstairs does not have a shower nor a plug for the tub so what you see in the photos cannot be used. The shower in the downstairs bedroom is really tiny too.
The kitchen sink faucet fell on our hands and she neglected to send someone to fix it, making it a pain to use the kitchen sink. The backyard was all dead grass, with no furniture or anything really, so basically no backyard.
On top of it all, the TV wasn’t working, and the remote had no batteries. Overall, the place had very poor amenities. There was no booklet detailing the ins and outs of the house, the neighborhood, or the best person to call should problems like we experienced arise and need to be remedied immediately. They weren’t addressed at all by Gabrielle and we ended up leaving the house, as it was unbearable to stay there.
It was overall a very frustrating and disappointing stay for a group of friends getting together for the first time in a year and a half.
I hope this forces her to take this seriously and update her home to make it livable for guests during these hot summer months.