James and Joelle are fantastic hosts. Their house is clean and they provided great advice throughout our trip. We ran into James by the bathroom during the second day of our trip and he asked about our day plans. We said our plans were to go to the Japanese Gardens he then mentioned that it my be a good idea to check to make sure they are open since the gardens are under construction. I checked the website and sure enough if we changed our plans for the next day the gardens would not have been open. James and Joelle also recommended delicious places to eat which ended up being our favorite places of the trip. It was excellent to have some local vegan experience to guide us through our trip which goes above and beyond what they really had to do and even made us a delicious treat which made us feel right at home.

As far as the room, the heater worked well and was not noisy which was great. The bed had plenty of blankets and they even provided umbrellas which was perfect since we only brought one. We were allowed to use the washer/dryer which was really gracious. Our only jackets got wet in the rain and were able to pop them in the dryer. We were able to walk for 10 minutes to reach the store, shops, and food which was a really nice.

The only issue regarding the studio itself is that the door to the studio was difficult to open and close. I am quite petite and when I would wake up to go to the bathroom at night I would really have to slam by shoulder/body into it to get it to close which was a little jarring. As far as the home itself, we were able to store our leftovers in the fridge and we had a nice area cleared out for us. The only issues was that there was no microwave and it look a bit longer to reheat leftovers than we originally planned.

Overall, our experience was fantastic. We would gladly put up with a stubborn door again the next time we are in town. James and Joelle really helped make our anniversary trip special and we very grateful they shared their home with us.