Highlights:
- Private entrance
- Private suite with bathroom
- King-sized bed and futon
- Complimentary bikes
- Tesla EV charger
- Minutes to Lady Bird Lake
- 1 GB fiber Internet
The space
The master suite has its own private entrance making it truly an isolated space for your stay. Our master bedroom comfortably sleeps two people, sharing a king-sized bed, on a new Casper mattress. If you are traveling with a third person, or simply need extra sleeping space, there is also a full-sized futon that doubles as a couch. Please ask if you'll need bedding for the futon and we'll prepare it for you. We have a pac'n'play for a little one that guests can borrow. Please ask for this in your reservation request if you need it.
Check-in time is 4pm or later. Access is through a keyless lock for which you'll be provided a code prior to approval, so late night check-ins are not a problem. Check-out time is 12pm. We ask guests to alert us when they check out so we can promptly prepare the space for incoming guests.
We keep the place well stocked with all of the bedroom and bathroom basics, as well as extra towels and blankets if needed. We have four pillows on the bed, soft sheets, and a comforter, with a couple of spare blankets and a standalone Dyson fan/heating unit if you need extra warmth.
The bathroom wall is shared with our kitchen, and there is a locked door that leads into a hallway in our house. We've done our best with sound insulation, plus there's a white noise machine and ear plugs in the room for your convenience. We'll do our absolute best to keep the house quiet between 11pm and 7am, and kindly ask that our guests do the same. Obviously, children are their own special breed, and can be somewhat unpredictable, but we try to take the edge off this by offering a low nightly price and stocking the room with lots of coffee and snacks.
We are:
- 10 minutes (6.6 miles) from Austin Bergstrom International Airport
- 5 minutes (1.5 miles) from the Austin Convention Center
- Approx. $6 or $7 taxi ride from downtown.
- 1.7 miles to Austin's famous Rainey Street bar and restaurant district. We recommend taking a taxi unless you feel like a 30 minute walk.
- 3 blocks away from the Lady Bird Lake trailhead on Pleasant Valley, for walking/biking/running (by Longhorn Dam)
If you enjoy exploring on foot, or alternative transit options like bikes and buses, this is a good spot for you. You'll be just one block away from Cesar Chavez St, a major thoroughfare that goes into downtown, where there's an eclectic mix of dining, drinking, retail, services, gas stations, and single family homes. We're only a few short blocks from the Lady Bird Lake trail - head over Longhorn Dam, which pops you out onto a hiking, biking, and running loop that is several miles long. The boardwalk over the lake provides great views of downtown.
There are plenty of things in walking distance, and we recommend looking at our Guidebook for more details. Our favorites for food & groceries:
- JuiceLand on E Cesar Chavez, a smoothie & juice spot, approx. 3 minutes away
- Tacos Guerrero on Cesar Chavez & Pleasant Valley, fantastic breakfast tacos for only $2 a piece
- La Barbecue on E Cesar Chavez (we recommend preordering, at least 5 days in advance, to save yourself a couple of hours in a long line for the best brisket in town).
- Kemuri Tatsu-Ya, 1.5 blocks away, fantastic Texas & Japanese fusion food
- Juniper, 1 block away, a small plates restaurant with great cocktails
- Blue Owl Brewing, a sour-mashed beer micro brewery, 1 block away
- Juniper, a classy Italian restaurant with great wine and outdoor seating, 1 block away
- HEB on E 7th, a grocery store, approx. 10 minutes away
- Hi Hat on E 6th, a gastropub, approx. 15 minutes away
- Counter Cafe on E 6th, a breakfast & lunch diner, approx. 15 minutes away
- Launderette on Holly St at St Martinez Jr St has one of the best burgers in town plus a tasty rotating dessert menu.
There are many more options for dining and services. If you prefer to drive to any of these you'll get there in less than 5 minutes.
We are avid travelers ourselves, and love staying with Airbnb hosts any chance we get. We want to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible, and are completely open to frank feedback on how to improve the experience for yourself and future guests.
Guest access
Guests have their own private entrance from the side of the house and use of the side patio. The master suite includes a king sized bed, futon that can be made up for a third guest, and two chairs at a glass table at which guests can work. There's also a bookshelf with a variety of books to peruse. The bathroom has a toilet and spacious walk-in shower, and dual vanity. All basic amenities are provided - towels, extra towels, more towels, shampoo, conditioner, soap, tooth paste, lotion, hair dryer, and a variety of travel-sized toiletries if anything else is needed.
There is ample street parking for guests. In cases where guests need a secure place to store bicycles we are happy to accommodate. Guests do not have access to the rest of our house, but we are on hand and happy to lend items or help with anything that's needed. For longer stays we are happy to help with laundry as well as offer fresh linens.
For families traveling with children we have a litany of things we can lend our guests: pac n play (with sheets, blankets, pillows as desired), high chair, outlet covers, children's eating utensils, books, toys, in addition to which guests with children can make use of the side patio.
Other things to note
We live in the house, and do not let out our master bedroom 100% of the time, although it is predominantly a guest space. As a result, there are some personal belongings on the book shelf, and we ask you to be respectful of those. We do invite you to read a book during your stay.
We also Airbnb a small guest house at the very back of our property, so you may see other guests coming and going, although that is through a completely separate entry.
