Mark is a wonderful host and my wife and I were thankful to stay again at the guest house for a few days as longer stop in between travel locations for us. He was very quick to respond and helpful throughout our stay. This guest house is behind a main house right off Alberta which is a wonderful location for just about anything you want to do in Portland. Mark allowed us to check in a bit early and the check out being noon gave us plenty of time that morning! We felt safe being tucked away behind a house. We always had street parking for free nearby. The space is perfect for a few days, even if you are staying in most of the day, the dinette area served well as a short-term office area and with the convertible bed you have even more space. Kitchen had the basics that we needed for cooking most of our meals there, though don't expect all your homespices we still had enough for basic cooking. There were just a few things we felt could be improved even though this guest house is very affordable, it's a great value, and Mark was quick to respond with help! That said, here are those few small things that I'm sure Mark will be addressing: we didn't have a plunger or fresh dish sponges, there were ants in the sugar of one cabinette & some in the bathroom, some stains on the lounge chairs, and there was some dog poop littered on the walkway and around guest house door which made for stink on the sunny days. All in all, the value was still really great for us and we appreciated the stay.