I stayed at Amy's with my partner for four nights in Oct 2012. This was my first experience renting a place to stay through AirBNB. If this experience is representative, I'm sure I'll be renting again many times.

Amy was a very helpful and congenial host for us. On the multiple occasions where I had a question or needed something, she was consistently available and willing to help - to loan an iron, set me up for preparing a meal, to identify the nearest bus stops (and even take me there once), to provision warmer blankets, etc. She checked in with me prior to our arrival to ask if I wanted any beer or other beverages in the fridge (smile), and was flexible as to our shifting arrival time. Overall she made clear efforts to provide a hospitable experience for us.

Amy's house is comfortable and situated in a quiet and safe neighborhood that is also convenient to major east-west corridors of Glisan and Burnside, and not far from the Max Red Line. With a car you will be well-situated. (While some may prefer to be closer to downtown or in a neighborhood where everything is within easy walking distance, nothing of note is far away.) Amy's place is also workable without a car at almost any hour of day/night, though you may at times wait a bit for your bus or train.

The space Amy offers upstairs was sufficiently spacious to be able to spend most of our home time just there - a bedroom, a sitting room (or second bedroom), hallway and private bath. For us it was especially ideal in offering privacy, since the only thing that might necessitate going to shared space is for the cooking facilities in her kitchen. (She provided us with a fridge and microwave upstairs.) There were many pictures in her listing of her living/dining room and backyard, but we never used any of them. The main things we wished for at Amy's were a shower that I could stand up in and a mirror over the sink. (I took a shower sitting in the tub, due to a low/sloped ceiling. This worked fine, though wasn't my preference; baths work without any hitch.) On the other hand, many alternative places only offer a shared bath, while this bath was all ours. And it was also clean and new, which is awesome.

Overall, Amy offers a good value for a comfortable setting with privacy. I would gladly stay at Amy's again.