Barbara is a fantastic host and her appartment is very cosy, nice and clean. The area is pretty quiet, safe and central- you can basically walk from there to the Centrum. It has a great canal view from the windows in the living room - plus, there is also a nice terrace that you can enjoy, right next to the bedroom. Big bathroom, cosy bed, well equipped kitchen. Barbara left us some wine, drinks and nibbles - perfect welcome gift. Easy checkin/check out. Great communication with Barbara. We will come again for sure, Barbara thank you again for everything, you and the apartment have made our stay in Amsterdam perfect.
p.s the staircase is indeed very narrow - but most of the apartment buildings are the same. as long as you dont carry heavy big luggage, the stairs are not an issue.