My review is based on a stay of a few weeks. This is a long review -- the gist of it is that it is a mixed review -- mostly great but marred by one significant negative experience for me as a guest. As others have stated, Bogdan and Maria are very kind hosts who try to ensure that one has a very comfortable stay. The set-up there is such that there are three rooms in a basement suite, separate from the hosts’ living quarters, with two full bathrooms, which is great. Even greater, and much appreciated, was that Bogdan allowed me to have one of the bathrooms all to myself since he thought that would be more comfortable that way. Bogdan was quick to remedy issues.
Be aware that since the room is in the basement, and it is an older house, one may want to use earplugs to sleep as there are a lot of creaky floors, which may wake one up early in the morning.
The room, kitchen, and bathroom, are very well set up. The photos are accurate. Bedroom is compact but not too small. It has a big desk, good lighting, a comfortable single bed, and big closet with plenty of hangers. You are assigned one day in the week to do laundry. The kitchen is pretty well-equipped with compact counter space. Everything is really nicely organised with designated generous fridge, shelf, and drawer spaces. Maria keeps the area very clean but, this will also largely depend on how clean and tidy your roommates are. Maria also sets up a day on which she will change your bedsheets and towels for you. She really takes care of you!
My negative issue was one unusual incident which, of course, happened very late at night and, I was unable to reach Bogdan. As guests, we do not expect or want an emergency to happen, nor do we want to have to bother our hosts in the middle of the night. I also do not expect my host to be regularly “on-call” but, hosts should be available or have some alternative option SHOULD an emergency ever happen. In any case, without going into all the details, I later found out that the contact number guests are given is actually the number of Bogdan's family member's mobile phone, which gets turned off at night. Hopefully, no future guest will need to emergently contact Bogdan in the middle of the night but, if the need ever does arise, there should be a way of being able to contact him and, hopefully, this issue will be rectified for the future.
Aside from the one negative experience, which was actually quite stressful when trying to be a respectful, conscientious guest in a stranger's home, Bogdan and Maria provide a nice place to stay as attested to by other guests.