We were welcomed by Shannon and given a key. Prior to that she gave us good advice on navigating to her place which we really appreciated. The photos of the place made it look more elegant than it really is, so I was a bit disappointed; but it was just fine. Met our needs. This was a difficult weekend for Shannon though with her new fire alarm system apparently being very(!) sensitive and waking us in the middle of the night after another guest returned with the odor of smoke on him from the places he'd been. Then the next night she was out and her very large dog decided he needed outside. Very loud! (Finally solved when a friend came and let him out after more than an hour of barking.) Shannon let us use her kitchen to make our breakfasts. Where we were was reasonably clean, but it was rather dusty downstairs and the floors were in serious need of cleaning. But we weren't using those areas, so it didn't affect our time with her. Oh, upstairs where we were was pretty cold at first, then the next couple of days it got warm in Portland and it was pretty hot. Little circulation of cool air. Made it a bit challenging to sleep.