We were welcomed to the house and made to feel it was our own. The location is great. We were within walking distance of numerous restaurants and had a nice long walk to Jericho beach. It was easy for everybody in our party of 7 to get to, and less than $20 for a taxi downtown. With lots of people in the house it was pretty cozy for socialising but worked fine. With the futon in the living room we had no problem sleeping all of us, but folks in the bedrooms upstairs were listening for us below so they could get up without disturbing us.