Sandy Hill Downtown Guesthouse

First - dog friendly, Second - Great Staff & Communication There's a nice park across the street that has several dogs there during the day. Enough space on the side of the house if your dog needs some quiet space. In the middle of a university, so there's a lot of youngsters who are happy to see your dog. Few blocks away is the Happy Goat coffee house and they are super happy to have dogs on their patio. Be aware this is shared housing, so acknowledge the other guests as well. Some may be allergic or not accustomed to dogs, others get super excited to see a dog. Sometimes you may still need to keep pup on the leash inside until in you're private room Great communication, hospitality, and staff!!!

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Security and neat. The staff Mr. Moe is very nice

Allowing dog owner to lodge with his dog

Neat and helpful staff/contact. Ellisa was always responsive with assistance as needed

I think booking dot come is charging too much for the level of privacy, everything is shared save for the rooms.

The one cleaner I did meet was very kind and accommodating.

The description of the accommodation is somewhat misleading on booking.com. While it does state that there is a shared bathroom, it does not disclose that this booking is essentially dormitory style lodging. The unit is one common area (kitchen and living room) with many bedrooms (I believe 8) down a long hallway with 2 full bathrooms and 1 half bath. Parking at this location is also extremely inconvenient. Instructions from the owner said to park at the UOttowa visitor parking garage (a paid lot) a 5-7 minute walk away. What was not disclosed is that you can only park here for a maximum of 24 hours at a time - after the first 24 hours, you must move your vehicle to another lot. Unknowingly, I attempted to park at this location again during the second night of my stay and recieved a $100 ticket. The owner suggested the above as they inferred that "street parking is difficult." However, I later found out that street parking is free overnight until 8am and I had no issue doing this on the final night of my stay. As an additional note, the bathrooms could have been cleaner. They lack floor drains, and the design of the shower almost always left water on the floor, often from the person who used the bathroom prior to you. Adequate towels to clean or accommodate for this were not provided. I would not have booked my stay here had I known the above.