I actually only briefly met Cole but had several interactions with his wife Jane. She actually was there to meet us and show us around. Cole had family obligations at the time. Jane was warm and welcoming not only to us but to our 2 dogs. The space we stayed in was cute and comfortable. Jane and Cole not only provided a large assortments of snacks, fresh fruit and drinks but also puppy snacks with my dog loved. Had our schedules meshed with theirs there would have been homemade veggie lasagna as well.
There were two things that we had any problems with. The first was that there is really no parking. If you are driving in you will need a parking permit. We found out that you can only get one permit for the city and I had gotten one for the event we were going to in a different zone. Jane and Cole had us park down by a school which was about 3 blocks away. We ran a risk as we did see a sign that stated that there was no parking and we could have been towed. We actually checked out a day early because of this.
The second, which would not be an issue for anyone on Cole and Jane's schedule, was that their floors resonate every sound coming from upstairs. We went to an all night art event, and had mentioned this to them, so didn't get back and into bed until about 8am. At which point their household was up and very active. We were unable to get any sleep on Sunday. This was disappointing as the I had book Friday night through Monday morning so that we could sleep before a 6.5 hr drive home again. Again though if you are in bed by 11pm and up by 7am this would not be an issue.
Aside from these two issues I liked the accommodations and our hosts.