Place & Location: 4 stars
Overall Experience: 3 stars
I wish I could give Brandon 5 stars, but unfortunately, my experience didn't exceed nor meet my expectations. I must admit his place is absolutely adorable & compact; it's a newly renovated basement underneath a house with a private entrance that has an access lock. There was literally everything you needed in home: eating utensils, stove, refrigerator, washer & dryer, a TV, and much more! The reason why I gave his place 4 stars is because the pipelines for restrooms in the house upstairs, ran down to the basement where we were staying (there was no wall to cover the pipelines to reduce the noise) so every time the tenants from above flushed, it'd interrupt us & cause a lot of noise (somewhat like a waterfall or a flood).
Secondly, my overall experience was 3 stars because my friends and I didn't have a peaceful stay. There was a family that booked the house above us the first couple nights & every time they'd walk, we'd hear their constant stomping and pounding above us. It made us really irritable because we couldn't even sleep at night. I did raise my concern to Brandon, but he stopped responding to me & it seemed like he didn't resolve the issue. In addition, after the family had check out, there were a group of girls that checked in & unfortunately for us, they'd walk around the house with heels which caused A LOT of ruckus for us. My friends and I stayed for 4 days/3 nights & we only had HALF a day of peace & quiet which was literally between the time the family checked out & before the group of girls checked in. It's tough being on a vacation & not getting sleep due to other issues that we couldn't fix, my friends & I were really restless since the divider between us and the tenants above us was extremely thin. We were able to hear all the conversations going on upstairs clearly.
I would recommend Brandon's basement-apartment to those who are able to ignore and sleep through noise. Other than that, just beware that there will be tenants that will book the home above you & if they're not light walkers or quiet talkers, you'll definitely hear everything.