Our stay in Brussels was excellent. Sadly we never even met Luca! His father arrived to let us in and show us the rooms, he was very friendly and offered some nice suggestions of things to do. The room itself is so nice, cozy bed, the shower is incredible! Hot water lasts forever and the whole house is just so nice, really a cool place to stay. We watched a movie on the provided Apple TV one night, not even nice hotels have that feature! The neighborhood is mixed, and like any big city you need to be on guard at night, but both nights we walked home from city center (took about 35 minutes) and we were fine. One morning we stopped at the Turkish bakery right on the corner by the house and had some very cheap, decent pastries. Overall a very pleasant stay, would definitely stay again at Luca's place. Brussels is a cool city, I highly recommend getting off the beaten path and checking out the St Gilles neighborhood!