This is a spacious Airbnb with plenty of room for our family of four. Communicating with Kaleigh was a dream -- every time we messaged she replied within an hour. The house has great bones, including the high ceilings, solid wood doors, interesting molding, and wide staircase you’d expect from an old house. We loved the queen beds in every room. It’s not airconditioned, so if you’ll be there in the summer as we were, you’ll be sleeping with the windows open -- be warned, they collect the trash in the very early morning in Portland! Parking was a breeze: there was always a spot available directly in front.
The house is technically within walking distance of areas with good restaurants and shops, and we did walk to lots of places… but those were long walks: It’s almost a mile and a half to the Alberta Arts District. Some other (really good) places for dinner or coffee are closer, but it’s tricky to find them, so do your research before you check-in. There were usually Lime or Bird Scooters a few blocks away, so we also used those to get around.
However, the biggest thing to know is that this Airbnb’s location is near a major road with few active businesses, an abandoned lot with homeless tents, and a transitional home for people with mental illness. We did not have any problems, but if you stay here, expect the area to be somewhat gritty. The major road has a bar with loud, live music every night, but it ended by 10:15 p.m. without fail.