Maria and Franz are delightful and helpful hosts. They provide many lovely amenities in their room to make your stay comfortable. some things that come to mind: coffee/tea/water in room, lovely bath soaps and lotions for the tub, map of their local part of Amsterdam with food/transport/ activities on it, a loadable card for the metro and bathrobes. The room is spotlessly clean. The bed is comfortable and has a firm mattress. They were very good with their pre-trip communications and will interact with you as much or as little as you want. The tub was a delight after a long day of walking. The neighborhood is quiet and felt safe. The neighborhood is right on the river, although the house does not have a good view of it. It is also four metro stops away from the main train station. While it might be walkable to some (long walk), we opted to walk partway and to use hop on/ hop off boats, pedi-taxi or the metro to get from the house to downtown attractions. We had no issues with the things Maria and Franz can control. Unfortunately, their chain smoking neighbor caused us to have to close the windows in our room; which caused the room to feel stuffy at times. As others have mentioned, the stairs are steep like a ladder. However, I have knee issues and was able to go up and down them the couple times a day we actually used them. The lovely rooms and host offset that small discomfort.