Excellent location, poor accommodations.
The location is one of the best in Portland. There are cafes, restaurants/bars, and shops within walking distance. It is in a quiet and safe neighborhood.
The problem is the room. The building is very old, and it creaks immensely. It is one old house that is split into three separate rentals. When the next-door tenants walked around, I thought they were in my rental. I could hear their conversations clearly and was woken up numerous times. The room was not adequately cleaned prior to arrival – the kitchen and bathroom were dirty, and there was dust everywhere (in fairness, they provided a refund for the cleaning, but didn’t volunteer to clean the room on top of issuing a refund, so I ended up cleaning the room myself!). I also scraped my toe on a nail protruding from the floorboard. Finally, they gave me the wrong passcode for the entrance and did not provide the code for the laundry room, which I thought was indicative of their lack of preparedness. No apology was issued when I mentioned this.
Overall, my impression was that Descansa Property (the renters) is very money-grabby and only accommodating on the surface. I cannot recommend staying in any rental operated by this company.