First, we had a great stay. This property was a terrific home base for everything we had on our itinerary. Since everyone has different priorities when booking a property, here are some observations to help you book yours...
*the owner's pictures of the decor are pretty darn accurate - if you think the pictures are appealing, you will be quite pleased, and I personally loved the plug-in scent
*very clean, very tidy
*we were pleased with the water pressure in the shower (thank you!), although the temperature control knob is a bit unforgiving
*the dryer door is loosey-goosey and will swing about on its own - watch your head while you're sticking it inside the washer to confirm that you've retrieved all of your socks (it's a stacked setup)
*the kitchen was better appointed than our simple breakfasts required, but we appreciated having every tool we might need, and then some, available - their spice rack, a nice revolving number with like 20 (estimate from memory) jars of spices, made me wish I was cooking more
*warning - the streets are a little wonky in this neighborhood - Google Maps handled it fine, but Waze seemed a little convoluted
*I see, now that we're home, that the listing mentions "assigned parking" - we didn't receive any instructions about this, so we parked by the curb on the street
*unfortunately, this forced us to ascend/descend 7-9 steps from street level up to the house - no problem for me, but a bit of a challenge for my mom - it surprises me that that isn't mentioned in the description
*garbage was the only "hiccup" we had - we arrived on a Thursday and left the following Thursday, and the same trash was in the can the entire stay - if we were expected to drag the can to the street on a particular day, no one told us - this was only a problem when someone or something knocked it over during our first night - the next morning, I had to clean up the garbage strewn in the rose bushes, including some very oily black olives - by the way, there might be ground-nesting bees in the vicinity, as they were swarming all around the trash I was trying to clean up - I had to leave some of it alone until the swarm settled down in the evening - as you might imagine, this was not a particularly fun way to start your vacation - I found a couple spare bricks and rocks to set on the lid of the can, and never had another incident during our stay, but the garbage remained in the can the entire week, so...?
*W-Fi is up to the task of phones and pads