We stayed one week to erik's place. It is at 10- 15 min of walk if a metro station so that is a very good point, good we had a gps to find it.. there is a super market not far from his place.! we had about 45 mins to go from his place to the center of amsterdam.
We have'nt seen erik much, maybe 2 or 3 times during our stay..
The room was big and the neiberhood is quiet.
It was okay to stay there.