Summary: Simple, brightly lit second-floor apartment located conveniently off of I-89. Five-minute walk to the downtown Winooski Circle with restaurants, bars, nightlife, etc. 5-10 minute drive or 10-15 minute bike ride to Downtown Burlington/Burlington Waterfront, UVM Medical Center, and the University of Vermont. Highlights include queen-sized Casper mattress, private off street parking and beautiful porch for evening drinks or morning coffee.
The Space: This is the upstairs apartment of a 2 story duplex. Please note that the entire town of Winooski sits in the Burlington International Airport flightpath. On the bright side, you are close (less than 10 minutes) to the airport! However, this also means that you are likely to hear planes going by during your stay- especially if the windows are open, mostly during daytime hours. In addition, once or twice per day on weekdays you might hear the F-35 jets going overhead. These are quite loud, but typically this noise lasts around 90 seconds per flight.
Guest Access: Private access via an exterior stairway to the second floor
The Neighborhood: Located on a quiet road a 5 minute walk from Downtown Winooski and an approx 10 minute drive from downtown Burlington
Getting Around: There is a bus stop nearby and usually plenty of available ubers.
Interaction with Guests: You probably won't see much of my co-host Dave and I, unless we are doing maintenance or gardening. We both live within a 5-10 minute drive of the house and are a quick text or phone call away, if there is anything that you need!
Overall, the location was good and worked well for us. The property had everything we needed to do some cooking. It is within walking distance to some good restaurants. There were only 2 negatives. One was the location in regards to airport flight paths over the property. While there were not planes flying over in the middle of the night, it wasn't ideal. The second negative was the bed. I am not sure what type of bed it was, but it was very warm. It was like it retained heat throughout the night. I have had this in the past with memory foam beds. That being said, if I was in the area again, I would consider staying at the property again.
Cute apartment had everything we needed for a weekend visiting our UVM student. Convenient location. Definitely on the landing path of the airport and the street was a little louder than it probably is normally because of the construction on the main road but it wasnât an issue. Very responsive owner.