Charles place was great value for a simple room with a decent shared living space and washroom. Check-in and out was a simple straightforward process. However, as others have shared as well, you can't lock your bedroom from the outside, so your belongings are somewhat unsecured from other guests when you leave the house. Also, even though there is free parking available on the street out front, it is usually all filled up. Finding parking among all the restricted and non-restricted areas in the surrounding neighborhood proved to be quite a difficult process.