I found this listing and it looked like it would fit the needs of our party, which consisted of myself, my husband, our daughter and her boyfriend. The space presented was perfect, two bedrooms in a private, quiet area of the house with a shared bathroom.
Shannon's home was lovely with lots of interesting items to look at and special little spots to feel at home and comfortable.
Shannon is very congenial, sharing, as well as fun and interesting to talk to. We had several nice interactions that were genuine and familial which I truly appreciate. Her yard was beautiful and spacious and at the time really vibrant form a birthday party that she'd thrown for herself and several friends quite recently.
Shannon, gave me a few ideas for when and if I decide to open my house to guests through airbnb.
Some of the ideas were what to do, but, unfortunately some were not.
One of our bedrooms was outfitted with an air conditioner where as neither the bath room nor the other bedroom had AC. If there had been a way to close the upstairs to the stairwell, so that the AC in one bedroom could perhaps cool the entire area that would have been fine. However, then both my husband and I and out daughter and her boyfriend would have given up some privacy. Unfortunately that was not the case. We happened to be there in the time frame when the highs were in the upper to mid 90's. Being from New Orleans we are used to this, but we also have AC's to remedy the situation. Shannon offered to have the downstairs communal AC installed in the other bedroom but that would have left the communal space unusable. Plus by the time she offered this as an option, the night air could be brought into the room via box fans and taken out of the room to some extent.
The only other comments I have that might help with future guests are, curtains are a really good amenity for bathroom windows, and a thorough tour of where the trash and recycling bins are stored for when the kitchen recycling and trash need to be dumped.
All in all a decent stay, not so much for our daughter and her boyfriend, who had the misfortune of staying in the non air conditioned room.