Mixed feelings about our stay here....Irene was good about giving information about the local area and the pictures are a good representation of the space. It had a gorgeous view and was very clean. Some of the issues we had were.
1. This is really Old Town/Chinatown area, not Pearl District....definitely walking distance, but I think that should be clearer.
2. We should have questioned the TV offered as there isn't just no cable, but there is no ability to use Netflix, no DVD, and the antennae only receives about 10 channels....2 shopping networks, 2 in other languages and 2 religious stations....all in all we had 2 or 3 stations we could actually view.
3. There is unreliable internet service....I had trouble getting and keeping a signal....we tried to use Netflix on my laptop and continuously got dropped service.
4. If you like to cook, this kitchen is not complete to be able to cook any elaborate meals. There is one saucepan and one fry pan, we had nothing to flip eggs with, that kind of thing. I recognize you can't have everything, but it was frustrating for us.
5. The bed is ridiculously high. The first night my boyfriend, an athlete of average height, got out of bed and fell on the floor trying to jump down off the bed. The floor is very slippery and without rugs, but the extra high bed in unusual surroundings was bordering dangerous. I would not recommend this unit to elderly or anyone not nimble enough to climb into and out of bed.
6. There is no real designated space for your clothing/belongings. There was one empty shelf in the closet but all the dresser drawers had the owners various belongings in them and even to hang up clothing was mixed up with their belongings....it was not something we had come across in our other rental experiences, usually there was some designated area....but we almost felt we were intruding into their personal space. Same with the kitchen....lots of food products that we were unsure if we should use/not use....it was not clear.
7. The freezer was completely frozen over and unusable for food or for ice....when I contacted the owner, she acknowledged she knew it was a problem and for us to deal with it as we felt. It was Thanksgiving so I like to assume they would have fixed it had it not been the holiday, but I'm not sure. A little upset that was known and not fixed or at least a heads up.
8. Lastly the view is great, but please know that there is A LOT of foot traffic in front of this unit....people walking by looking in the windows often at all hours of the night and day.
I feel like I've been critical here but we have rented so many different places that these are things we would want to know about. It could be a really great place with a little attention to detail.