Beatrice made us feel very very welcome and was very nice. She had fruit out on the table and showed us around and explained everything. Since she lives in the building she offered to lend us anything we needed for cooking. She was the highlight! Also the location is great, just north of everything you could want but in a quiet residential neighborhood. The downsides were that there are two windows in the basement apartment that let a lot of light in and do not have shades or blinds. The other (outside of her control) is that because the door opens right to the street, you get some noise in the morning as people are going to work. One morning a man had a loud cell phone conversation right outside the door for almost an hour; but again, outside the host's control. Overall, the location was great, the host welcoming, and we would stay again!