My hubby and I came to Portland to try to get a feel as to what it would be to live there, and the Tiny House really helped us do just that. It really is in a truly great location, quick-to-nearly-everywhere, and we were able to run out and look at real estate and open houses on a moment's notice without worrying about how long it would take to get there.

More on the location: It was so close to good restaurants and Alberta Arts, which, while obviously not being the only awesome foodie neighborhood on the East side, is clearly on the list. We walked a lot of places.

Driving anywhere from here was easy, at nearly every time of day. Parking was blissfully abundant. Aside from a friendly neighbor's dog coming by from next door one one morning to say hi as we were heading out the door we barely knew anyone else was around.

The house itself was DEFINITELY cozy. We had to rearrange things a bit to get everything to fit (I'm disabled and when I travel I gotta schlepp with me what keeps me together), but, that was fine by us.

We made coffee, toast and cookies (in the Breville "toaster" oven every day) and used the fridge for our milk, cream, juice, leftovers, etc.

We visited during a not-too-cold week, but for us, being thin-skinned Los Angelenos, we really appreciated the GREAT little wall heaters in the bedroom and the bathroom. Speaking of I appreciated the generous size of the bathroom with its little window that let in light - and a breeze on the warmer days - and the washer/dryer, which we put to good use. There were lovely Turkish towels provided, and little shampoo/conditioner samples too, which was good the first day, because we didn't bring any of that on the plane.

Out host Lee made sure we got into the house after we arrived, and checked in often via text. I'm sure if we'd wanted to hang out some he would have happily obliged, but we were so busy we never even got a chance to see if he was around, and he was fine with that too.

A word on the mattress: it's very firm, which is a plus for a lot of people (hubby loved it); The only reason why I mention it is I have a fibromyalgia/myofascial-like pain condition and the bed was much, much too hard for me to successfully sleep upon. Of course, I cannot expect the host to predict or accommodate my specific need in this regard, though, so I didn't even mention it to him, but, I feel I should let anyone else who struggles with myofacial/allodynia/tender point pain syndromes know, simply so they can be prepared. We bought a thick bed pad our third day there, and passed it on to happy local via craigslist the day we left.

All in all though, it was a great place to stay!