This is an older home as described in the listing so the finishes are a bit worn but it was very clean. The downstairs bathroom fixtures seemed new! The dispensers in the showers with body wash, shampoo, and conditioner were a nice touch. The host provided bath towels and hand towels, but not washcloths, which was explained in a message the day before we checked in.
We didn't do any cooking, which was good because the kitchen supplies were minimal. We don't drink coffee but it was nice that there was a supply of coffee pods next to the coffee maker. The dining area has a large table.
The listing says washer and dryer but we did not see them in the house -- but we also didn't need to use them so didn't ask the host where they were.
There were two air-conditioning units -- one downstairs in the living room and one in a bedroom. To cool the 2nd bedroom, we had to keep the connecting door between the two rooms open. It was hot in the 3rd upstairs bedroom (next to the bathroom); we brought the one fan from the downstairs bedroom up to that room. We turned off the a/c when we left during the day but should have kept it on to make sure the house was cool in the evening.
The downstairs bedroom off the kitchen is small and did not have any nightstands or dressers so everything had to go on the floor. There was no closet but a garment rack with hangers. There are curtains but the light from the apartment complex parking lot next door is very bright so the room does not get dark at night. (Blackout curtains would help.)
There is a big screen TV in the living room that did not have cable (it has other streaming services) but it was fine for us since we didn't have time to watch much TV. We had to message the host for instructions to connect to the wifi (the network and password on the router itself did not work) but the host was very responsive -- to all messages -- so it didn't take long to hear back.
There is no driveway but street parking was not much of an issue, even though we drove a minivan. We never had to park more than a block away and usually could find a place right near the house.
Checkout was easy. We did not have to strip the beds or empty the garbage since the cleaning service took care of that. We did have to wash the dishes, which was fine, but the hot water was VERY hot after running for a bit so be very careful. (Same for the bathrooms.)
Overall, it was a nice place to stay and we liked having a bedroom each for our family of 5 (parents and three young adult children). We paid what we considered a pretty high price, probably because it was the peak of summer (3rd week of July). With the nightly charge, cleaning fee, service fee, and taxes/occupancy fees, we were all in at $488 per night for three nights. We could have gotten 3 hotel rooms for a comparable price but the location was close to where wanted to be and we could all gather together in living room when we wanted to. We would have rated the value higher if we had paid off-peak pricing.
Thank you Rikki and team for a nice stay!