The little blue house is a pretty awesome place, particularly in the spring and summertime since the whole place opens up and you can get a ton of nice airflow through the place. Some of the benefits to staying here outside of Peter and Katja and their super sweet dog, Bas, include the easy street parking, prime location with access to everything Amsterdam has to offer without being right in the center of the craziness of the city, super cute place, and really gorgeous backyard/garden area right outside of the blue house. You have to walk through Peter and Katja's place to get to it, but they're very nice and it's pretty easy to get used to it. Bas, their dog, will come hang out with you during the day and that's also pretty awesome too. He likes to steal shoes and take naps with them, it's so cute and funny! If you're looking for a place where the hosts will give you a good idea of where to go and what to do, the blue house is the exact place to be. Only real downside is that I couldn't do much cooking, but I was aware of that before coming and we just went and got stuff for making sandwiches and things we could make in the microwave when we decided to eat at home. Really wasn't a huge detriment. The bed is also great. I usually get back trouble when mattresses are too soft, and I was back spasm free the entire time we stayed there!