Location, location, location. Johan's place is less than 5 minutes away from Vondelpark in a wonderful neighbourhood in Amsterdam with lots of restaurants and cafes nearby some of them alongside the canal.
We very much enjoyed our stay and found the experience of living in a true Dutch house very exciting. The house is nicely decorated and feels like a home very quickly. The garden is def a positive (especially for us that travel with 2 very young children( and a very difficult find in Amsterdam. Only thing we missed was that there is no freezer which with the kids is important for us but there are 3 supermarkets less than 5 minute walk away (one of them with fresh organic food) open daily that solved the issue.
Communication with Johan was excellent. We will def consider the house next time we are back in Amsterdam as a family.