My wife and my parents recently visited Portland and stayed at Victoria’s place. While there were a lot of things we liked about it (location, space), there were some things we did not like or expect based on the listing. First, the listing suggests there are queen beds in both bedrooms. I believe they are actually full beds. Second, the listing description (narrative piece) suggests there is air conditioning in the unit. That is not the case. There is a fan provided which helps and the basement naturally stays cool, but the listing is slightly misleading (another portion of the listing does suggest that the unit does not have a/c so the contradictory nature is a little confusing). Third, noise is a major issue. The property manager that lives upstairs was very noisy. While some noise is to be expected, we did not think they’d be hosting parties and “hammering” something past 10 pm on Thursday. We had to turn on white noise to drown out their footsteps and any other actions. While we never complained to them, on our last night, when my parents had an early flight and their alarm went off, someone upstairs aggressively yelled “turn it off” and it made me extremely uncomfortable. If you’re going to have guests in your space, don’t get mad if their alarm goes off because they need to catch an early flight. Also for anyone wanted to work remotely here, the wifi signal is not strong enough to handle multiple Zoom or Teams calls. My wife and I frequently got dropped.
We had some other minor issues (toilet kept making noises and stopped working a couple times) but those were the big things.
What we did like, again, was the space, the kitchenette was nice to use, and the bathroom was great.
I think in the future, we just wish we were fully informed of all of these potential cons before booking with someone who was so highly rated and reviewed.