The great:
-Excellent location, lots of nearby restaurants & activities.
-Fun space, open kitchen/dining/living room layout, plenty of room for people to gather.
-The loft’s curtain game & shelf decor is unmatched.
-Backyard onsen is so fun with the outdoor curtains, abundant greenery & whimsical setting.
-Hosts are responsive and helpful.
-Instagram-worthy tub in the center of the bathroom is pretty fun for a soak.
-Epic loose leaf tea selection.
-Appreciate the kids toys! My son was thrilled.
-Generous late 12pm checkout time!
The middling:
-The onsen/soaking tub is HOT, like stupid hot. And you don’t have any control over the temp. We tried adding cool water from the hose for about an hour, it still was barely tolerable for a 10 minute soak.
-It’s challenging to get in & out of the onsen - no steps, railings, just a wide hole in the ground and rocks to step on.
-Don’t look too closely at the curtains or into the corners of every space if you don’t want to see stains & dead bugs/dust/ant traps. Stay blissfully ignorant and just look at the big picture & you’ll be fine!
-The bathroom soaker tub is also your shower & is hard to get into/out of (slippery) and it’s hard to contain the water splashes with the curtains provided.
-Kitchen is mostly (see below for why I say *mostly*) well-stocked, just in need of a good clean-out, reorganization + labels for easy use & putting away.
-Appreciate the provided plastic wrap, foil, ziploc bags for leftovers!
-Beds are comfortable, but found a couple of stains on sheets (which were clean, just stained).
-Thank you for the fresh coffee beans, grinder & French press. I wish I had known this was my only option for making coffee as there is not Keurig or coffee pot.
-AC units are in “master” & living room only, other spaces will get WARM on hot days.
-LONG & steep stairway (with mis-matched railings of different heights) from the entrance landing space up to the loft, if you have mobility problems this is not a good rental for you.
-Couldn’t hear the downstairs restaurant goers unless you are on the back patio - which was totally fine. However, you do have to walk straight through the outdoor dining space to access the onsen/backyard space - not a deal breaker, but a touch awkward during dinner service.
-No bathing/beach towels provided for the onsen space, but fortunately the do provide a washer & dryer so you don’t have to use the hot tub towels for after your shower.
-LOTS of deck space, but very in need of a deep cleaning & revamp, the front patio looked nothing like the online pictures, it was basically unusable. The back patio was clean, but sparse.
The Wish-I-Knew before coming:
-NO microwave. Why? I have leftovers from my food adventures that I want to reheat. 😣
-Leftover food & condiments in the fridge, freezer & pantry. This is probably not a problem for most, I just don’t like being reminded that MANY have been there before me.
-NO WALLS between the bedrooms, bathrooms and communal living space. Just curtains, no way to block sounds.
-The only toilet is basically out in the middle of it all - zero way to trap/contain bathroom smells & sounds. Consider yourself warned - don’t come with people you’re not willing to be VERY intimate with.
-No bathroom fan. Yes, you can crack one of the many patio doors but Oregon is known for humidity & mold issues and cracking a patio door doesn’t seem like an efficient solution.
-Several un-curtained windows and skylights (hello neighbors!). If you have kids plan to have daylight that comes pouring in directly onto their faces from the skylight above the bed. Bring eye masks!
-There are a billion light switches & knobs everywhere. Not all of them actually do anything, none are labeled and you never can find the actual switch you need. There was one hallway light that I never figured out how to turn off.
-No fire pit. We brought marshmallows & we’re disappointed this was shown in the pictures and no longer available.
Overall we had a fun stay & if you like quirky, unique and adventurous spaces this is a great choice! I do think a good clean-out, organization & labeling session is needed. Please wash the curtains. Maybe take some updated pictures of the spaces? Please consider adding a microwave, I can’t be the only one who needed one!
Thanks for the use of this fun space for my birthday staycation! ❤️