Carol's apartment is ideally located for exploring Portland. We could walk to Forest Park in the morning and to a ton of great restaurants and shops in the afternoon. Her house is in a quiet residential neighborhood so it was very quiet and peaceful . She's only a few blocks from a great downtown though so we didn't need to drive after getting to her place.
We also stayed there during a heatwave and despite it not having AC we were still cool enough to sleep comfortably at night. There were two fans and a nice cross breeze. I definitely recommend staying here when visiting Portland.