Irina is a sweetheart! She even carried our huge suitcases up and up and up all the stairs to our room. Just as a head's up- this place has LOTs of stairs. The room itself was tiny but had a nice private bathroom. The big drawback was that we were on a 3rd floor with no air conditioning. Mostly our own fault for not realizing how gross-muggy-hot Buenos Aires is in January but next time, i will definitely look for an air-conditioned room. The breakfast was well organized with each guest having his/her own little basket of bread- but not at all an "american breakfast". Fresh apples and oranges were great to have available for us too.
The house is really neat architecturally and Irina kept it very clean. It was really cool to meet other travelers who were also staying there as well. My dad and I felt welcomed and fit in just fine with the others.