TLDR - do yourself a favor and stay here! We stayed here for 6 nights and couldn’t have been happier. Barbara was amazingly responsive over the app - both in planning the trip and throughout our stay. Coming in from the states, we landed in Amsterdam early in the morning. Barbara was extremely flexible and let us drop our bags off at her side of the houseboat while she prepared the guest suite. Throughout our stay, Barbara would check in on us and her entire family was so welcoming, waving hello if they were around. But more than that, Barbara also went above and beyond in so many ways. She got my daughter a cute Amsterdam coloring book for her birthday and even drove us to the airport since we were leaving so early the next morning!
The location is close to a great playground and a variety of shops. There are plenty of good restaurants nearby and YoYo ice cream shop is great. Both the 4 and 12 tram lines are close and we had no problems getting to all the sites easily. The houseboat is peaceful and relaxing. The bed was super comfortable and there was a separate mattress for the kiddo. The bathroom is huge with a big tub and a shower. There was plenty of coffee and there’s a grocery store nearby where we were able to grab some snacks and fruit to have on hand.
Overall, we couldn’t have picked a better location, place or host for our trip.