Cleanliness: The space was clean in the sense of floors vacuumed and counters wiped, so I’m rating it at a 4. However, the whole space was in need of repairs. There’s water damage on the floor in the bathroom (fairly significant), the whole space honestly needs to be renovated. If you’ve ever heard the expression “lipstick on a pig,” then you can appreciate this space. They tried to do things to make it hospitable, but when basic functionality is lacking, I’d say more effort abound be spent elsewhere. Accuracy: The listing says they offer parking if you have a car; however, when I reached out to the owner and said, “Hi, just wanted to let you know that we ended up getting a rental car after all. Where should we park?” Her response was to find parking on the street. She did not once offer a spot. Of course, there was no parking on the street (for many many blocks), so we ended up having to just return the rental car early. When I relayed these problems to her that next day and said she may not want to advertise a parking spot if that wasn’t going to actually be offered to guests, she said, “Well I didn’t know you couldn’t find parking.” I’m not sure why she thought I was reaching out the previous night if not to hear the parking options. Never once was a spot offered. If that were an option, you would think she would have said so when I reached out. I just want others to beware that parking is not an easy thing (as the listing would have you believe). Also, all of the things that are mentioned as within “close walking distance” are actually over a mile away. If you consider 1.3 miles “close, walking distance” than yes, there are numerous things. If you’re not used to walking that far for your food every day, you will be disappointed in the selection of food and shopping. The only place that is ACTUALLY close distance (that’s a real restaurant) is Pine State Biscuits (and yes, it’s fabulous). I just know it would take most people 25-30 minutes to walk that far (not the 10-15 min walk the listing suggests). Beware of that, especially if you have little ones. Not only is it a far walk, but it’s also not in a nice area. It did not feel safe walking around the spot this home is in. Lots and lots of dumpy buildings and homeless people (I know that’s a Portland-wise issue), but this house felt like it was in the slum area of downtown residential Portland. My partner and I both work in law enforcement and I’ll tell you even we thought “yeah, this is sketchy” when walking around the neighborhood (trying to find all these “close things”...it took us a day or two to realize nothing worthwhile was within walking distance and it was better to Uber-with the exception of Pine State Biscuits). Let me put it this way, we were so glad our two daughters (9 and 11) were not with us walking in that area. I just want parents to be aware of that. It’s not the worst neighborhood ever, but it’s certainly not the nicest either. Check-in: Check in was easy (door was left open). The only reason I’m rating it so low is because the cleaning lady did not have the AC on all day, so the apartment was burning up hot when we arrived. The AC unit is old and finicky, but we did eventually get it to work. The host was quick to respond when I reached out and said the air wasn’t working. She said her partner would be up to help ASAP. It was actually quite a bit later when we came up there, but he did come. We had it fixed by then, but that nice. I am just shocked that the air would’ve been left off so long. On an 80+ degree day, that made for a miserable check in. It was a difficult unit to work, but we did eventually figure the ins and outs of it after a few days. Just beware that you may want to make plans to go somewhere immediately after bringing your bags in to give the attic time to cool off. Communication: Host was quick to respond to messages, but was not great with communication. Meaning, her grammar was horrible in the list of local restaurants and what not, so it made it impossible to tell where one name ended and another began. Not being from the area, we were using google and gps to find places, so it would’ve been a whole lot more helpful if the sentences had made sense so we could tell what was what and google the different restaurant names. She didn’t have to provide this list at all, so I’m not rating it lower. I just think with some grammar check, it could be 100 times more clear (and much more helpful) for the next people. The list was more or less worthless to us because we were trying to decipher it the whole time. Lol That in addition to the parking “miscommunication” we’ll call it. Though it’s hard to not feel that was an intentional omission. When a host is asked about parking by a guest, that would be the time to share options. Not say “park on the street” and then act surprised that they didn’t reach out to you again. Location: The location was not what we consider walking distance to the vast majority of restaurants and shopping. Prepare to do lots of ubering. See above. Value: There were so many extra fees tacked on by the host. Of course, you DO see these fees when you go to book the place, so I was aware; however, for that many different fees (mind you, I live and rent at the beach, so I’m used to condo fees...