I stayed at Stephen's place during the holidays for a couple of weeks and had a great time. I was traveling for work so noise was going to be disruptive. The place was clean and quiet. There was abundant free street parking, if you have a car (as I did). If you want to take public transit, a bus stop was not far away. There were also several restaurants close by, and Whole Foods was about 8 minutes drive away.
It is a basement apartment and Stephen apologized a few times that he would be having people over during the holiday. For the most part, even with several visitors in the house at the same time, the noise coming into the room was minimal.
Stephen is also a very thoughtful and kind person. He checked in a few times to help do my laundry or suggest places I could visit. He also helped to collect mail for me.
Overall, I had a great time there and would choose the place again in a heartbeat.