We ended up having a 5 star stay here at the cottage in Portland!

The cottage is secluded in the backyard of a single family home on the east area Portland. We had the entire driveway to ourselves but there was also plenty of options for street parking.

The story of Brent building the cottage is great and you can see the process in a book he made and keeps there. It had a very large living area with couch and dining room table for 4. The kitchen was great, too - you can definitely cook meals there if you wanted to with a full stove/oven/fridge.

The bed was comfortable and the bathroom had everything you needed - including a claw-foot tub! There's also a washer and dryer in the closet in the kitchen, too.

What unfortunately started as a 1 star experience quickly turned around to a 5 start with the help of Brent. When we first arrived later at night than when we anticipated, the cottage clearly wasn't cleaned up from the previous guests. In no time, when Brent found out the condition of the cottage, he took care of us immediately for the night at a hotel and made sure that the cottage was ready for us first thing in the morning. He was shocked and so embarrassed with the situation - it was obvious it was a fluke!

Brent is a wonderful host and checked in with us via text multiple times over the weekend to make sure everything was going smoothly and if we needed anything from him even though he was out of town while we were there.

We definitely recommend the cottage and the host!!