We had a great stay at Gina’s Airbnb in Belmont.
1. Gina gave awesome recommendations of how to enjoy Portland and places we go to. This helped us plan our itinerary (yes we were tourists)
2. The Airbnb has good security - the 24/7 gated parking helped a lot and the building seems pretty secure with a secured entrance. It is on the top floor of a clinic and the top floor also has other apartment rooms
3. The Airbnb was really clean and well kept. The chair and futon are super comfy to sit on. And for a studio apartment, it is pretty spacious and we were able to sit on the futon and watch Netflix show. The bathroom has good amenities- makeup wipes, bar soap to wash face, a lot of toilet paper. The bathroom has a spacious closet where you can put folded clothes in and the other closet also has a washer/dryer.
4. Belmont was very a hip place and full of cool people ! The Airbnb has a lot of interesting bars and some nice restaurants at a walkable distance . Just surrounding the Airbnb are few homes, coffee place and Oregon Nature Preservation place - so the immediate locality is pretty safe - if you walk a few blocks away, you will see little bit of homeless population so I was a little wary and cautious- but that didn’t stop us going places until 11 pm or 12 am (this is July 4th weekend so it might be different in other weekends) - and also not sure if there is any area in the city which doesn’t have the homeless population in 2022 :(
5. Places like Pearl District or others in Downtown Portland are little hard to walk to from the Airbnb (you will have to cross one of the main bridges) - you will most likely have to take your car and drive like 5 minutes and find parking there so check if you are ok with that. (Maybe there is transit but not sure about that)
Overall we really enjoyed our stay in this Airbnb and would recommend this place to others :)