4513 State Line 1920 Bungelow updated for modern living

Nice sized house, met all our needs. Great location.

The house is in a good location and is cozy. The kitchen is very large and we had everything we needed. The bedrooms are a little small but that didn’t bother us at all. We set up the baby’s pack n play in one of the extra living areas and that worked really well. Only issue was that the driveway is very steep and our car is low to the ground so we couldn’t get it up the driveway without scraping. So we just parked on a side street and it was fine. Property owner was very prompt with communication and we had a nice stay.

Had everything we needed

I lived in Kansas City for 13 years and owned a few homes around the age of this one, so I'd say that we had a classic KC older home experience. On a good note, the house has surprisingly good water pressure with water that heats up quickly. Expect slanting floors, noise outside (it's a city), a crazy driveway experience (yes, it's steep and exits to a major road), a tiny yard that is not all the way fenced, etc. That's all part of staying in older places in midtown KC. We had some unfortunate older home things happen while we were there, and they were handled in time. The electricity for the bathroom, the Internet, several kitchen appliances, and the heat on nights of 10-degree weather kept going out for varying amounts of time. After two days and one unhelpful electrician visit, my husband stayed to talk with the electrician during the second visit to make sure he understood the nature of the problems, which included needing to replace one of the house's main breakers and the entire electrical panel. The breaker was replaced; the electrical panel will be replaced when it comes in, so hopefully, future guests will not have those sorts of problems. The property owner/manager lives right behind the house, and the family owns many of the nearby properties. As it is set up now, the house is not especially conducive to working from home as my husband does (the kitchen table's chairs are uncomfortable, and my husband had to use an extension cord to plug into outlets), so we spent much of our time elsewhere. To be clear, the owner/manager offered to bring a desk, but we were tired of constantly having people in and out at that point and opted to continue to make other arrangements for our remaining time; we were in town for a wedding and already had a lot on our plates. We enjoyed being in walking distance of places like Cupini's and Cafe Corazon, and there's a nice park within a couple of blocks.