We stayed at Firat's place for a weekend in Gent. His house is a 15-20 minute walk to the city center so really do-able! The room itself was nice and clean, with lots and lots of information on Gent and even a cup of tea. The only shortcoming for us was that the bathroom could not be locked, but we just yelled every time we went in there and it went well haha ;) I would definitely recommend staying here!