I chose Genevieve's place primarily for its location. I was visiting Brussels to attend an academic conference at VUB (the Free University of Brussels). It is about an 8 minute walk to the VUB campus from Genevieve's place. It is about a 5 minute walk to Etterbeek train station, from where a train to Brussels Central Station takes 20 minutes and cost 1.30 Euros. Etterbeek is also directly connected to the airport (incidentally, get the SNCB/NMBS app to buy your train tickets directly from your phone). So the location was ideal. The place had the added benefit of being inexpensive. I got an excellent breakfast each morning. My room was sunny, large, and tastefully furnished in a classical European sort of way. The shared bathroom was clean, and adequate. There were many restaurants nearby, East Asian, Middle Eastern/Mediterranean, and European. Conversations with Genevieve, in her little back garden, and across the breakfast table, were most enjoyable. She is a classical music aficionado, and her aged WiFi plays beautiful music most mornings and evenings. I thoroughly recommend Genevieve's place to you.