Great Location - Terrible property management company
One tip - Read the reviews (not just ours) before making decision. Videotape everything and be ready to deal with nonsense.
I wish I was going over the top here. But definitely was not.
The Good - Location is PERFECT. Stores/restaurants are walkable. Sellwood is best neighborhood in Portland and we are looking to buy a house there. Great neighbors and Bed is AMAZINGLY comfortable. Great space for us and 2 kids. Neighbors were so nice and welcoming. You won't hear other side of town home.
The Bad - I want to preface this as I've stayed in around 600 nights of AirBnb over 80 countries. What the property management company asked for I've never experienced and this is the first time I've written a negative review.
A couple of things to be ready for:
1. When we arrived, the garbage was full - property management suggested we take it to the Dump (which later they said they would reimburse us for). Awesome to move in, full garbage and then be told pack garbage in your SUV.
2. The front door lock will intermittently work. We were locked out of the place twice, but started using the garage door opener. Unfortunately when the power went out, I was stuck in the rain until we found an alternative. Management company said operator error.
3. Bring your own pots and pans (the pans were unusable, we bought our own as we were staying for 2 months).
4. Place was dirty - Toys under beds, etc. We had to wash the kids mattress cover as it smelled.
5. The towels have stains on them, and we had 1 set of linens we could use (there were 3 that were stained in the closet, but were unusable).
6. Crazy thing, we were charged $75 on check-out for stains as the management company for the older sheets in the closet.
Of course I declined this and luckily we took pictures of these sheets in the closet on moving in.
I seriously feel bad for the owner as we turned down 5 more months there. If it was clean, and property management company was normal it's an easy 5 out of 5.