We were very impressed with the amount of bedrooms/beds to accommodate many people sleeping. However, none of my local family stayed overnight with us there because of the lack of seating in the living room. There’s just one very small futon, low to the ground, and no chairs (besides the two bucket ones in bedrooms better suited for kids). We were able to bring in some folded chairs in order to visit for a little while. There’s no kitchen table or chairs, either. We were just expecting to be able to have everyone sit around and visit, but they would’ve had to sit on the floor.
Another issue we had was no hot water; the water in the 2 showers just barely got warm.
Finally, the location IS very close to campus and centrally located in Troy, but the area where the house sits is surrounded by houses that are run-down and streets crammed with vehicles. People walked by all hours of the night with pants sagging to their knees and cursing.
Had this place not sat higher up away from the street and had a fence around it (but the fence when closed does have a huge hole in the front), and had the locks not seemed secure, we wouldn’t have felt safe saying here. As it was, we stayed, and were fine, but we didn’t feel safe at first.
All that being said, the owner is probably the nicest, most helpful person I’ve ever dealt with. She very patiently helped us when we locked ourselves out (we felt we needed to sleep with the screen door locked, too) and when the TV had no signal.
