Leo's place is worth the value and price, but a few things to know that could be helpful with it. First it is not across from the palace exactly, and there really isn't much to see with the palace anyways. What is close is a cathedral, but all other sites in the city are fastest met by taking public transportation. The next is that the trams do not run all night, and I'm unsure about the subway or buses, but we had to take a cab home at 11pm which I thought was not that late to use public transportation from downtown area. Leo's place also has more than one room so potentially more than one guest sharing a bathroom and kitchen (which the kitchen has a loft in it for a guest). The room my wife and I stayed in was clean, secure, and large. Leo gave us great directions from the airport to his residence using public transportation. There does appear to be a lot of street noise also. For the same price I would stay here again, and for those tourists - Brussels doesn't take more than two days to conquer unless you go into every museum or want to do it as leisurely as possible.