Charming 3BR w/ Balcony & Fire Pit

We took my parents and our children to visit our family in Austin and it was a great location close to Congress Street and downtown. About two or three blocks away heading south in the neighborhood you will find Stacy park. A small park with a playground. Great for family. The house was comfortable because it had a big living space with a huge island where most of us hung out. Beware that there is no Keurig coffee maker in the house just a glass pot coffee maker that requires coffee filters. Make sure you buy the right kind of coffee. There were plenty of pots and pans and utensils for cooking and eating. It has a gas stove and double oven/microwave combo. Good size refrigerator, toaster and dishwasher. We never had any hot water in the kitchen. We let it run for ever. The bathrooms took about two minutes of running the water to get hot water for the shower, but it was plentiful and worked well after it got started. The upstairs has one good sized bedroom and a bathroom and a living room area with a TV and reclining sofa, so it serves kind of has an apartment feel upstairs. The staircase is located to the right when you walk in the front door. On the main floor there is a bedroom to the right when you walk in the door and across the hallway is a very large bathroom with double sinks, and a glass steam shower. I liked that it was kind of a private section of the house because it has a sliding pocket door that makes the hallway with the bedroom and bathroom quieter. The laundry room is also located down that hallway The other bedroom is to the left of the front door near the kitchen and it is a smaller bedroom with a comfy bed and bathroom right next to it so it is convenient. Just next to that room behind the kitchen is another room that I think could be turned into another bedroom or it could be another living room. It has a built-in long desk in it, and big, beautiful, sliding glass doors and currently, it only has a small little chair in it so kind of a waste. If they added a full size bed, or a sofa, it would be very useful. And perhaps a blowup mattress could be used. We did see one upstairs and one of the closets. There is only one 3 cushion sofa in the living room and one tiny side chair so if you’re looking for a big comfy space to sit with everyone in the house, you may have to pull over the wooden barstools and dining room chairs. I could picture a sectional sofa or a second sofa in the living room to accommodate more than three or 4 people The house was clean and laid out well. It allowed our children to have a lot of space in the area to play. The back patio is very beautiful with hanging screen panels and terra-cotta tile floor but not very usable because it only has six plastic folding chairs and a plastic event table. I could picture some beautiful furniture out there like outdoor sofas and tables because we did want to hang out there and sit and talk. Would I rent it again? Absolutely yes.