This was our first time travelling to Amsterdam with our two girls (ages 5 and 8.) I can't think of anything else we needed in order to have the perfect introduction to this city. The accommodations were great, the building is historic and amazing in it's own right, the location can not be beat, and Andrew and his family were incredibly nice and accommodating. Our two girls slept up in the top loft together, they thought it was so much fun and told us it has been their favorite bed they've stayed in on our trip so far (3 different airbnbs in 3 different countries.) Andrew had some staples waiting for us to eat and drink for both the evening we arrived as well as the next morning. I can't tell you how nice that is when you are travelling (especially with kids) and you arrive in a foreign country late in the evening and you don't have time to explore and find a grocery store to stock up on supplies. We stayed only two nights and wish it could have been a lot longer, you are mere steps away from the main square, the palace, canals, grocery stores, a pharmacy, a Dutch version of a smaller version of Target (called Hema), and hundreds and hundreds of shops and restaurants. There is a great little Belgian beer pub right around the corner, I was able to spend an hour or so out one night and that was definitely one of my favorite spots. We took the train down to the Van Gogh museum but if you were feeling like you had a lot of energy then you could even walk to it. The stairs to go up all of the flights are pretty steep, which was really fun and interesting to us however people with difficulty going up steep flights of stairs should probably look elsewhere. You can walk to this apartment from the central train station, we had a taxi drop us off from the airport but now that I know the city a little better I would definitely take the train as it would probably be a little less expensive. The bedrooms were just right for the four of us, there is a small balcony upstairs that you can sit out on and eat some breakfast and drink some tea, coffee, or orange juice. There are two main bathrooms and a third (small one) that we found but didn't even use. The water pressure and bathtub were great and accommodating for us to take showers and to give our girls a bath. In all honesty we didn't spend a ton of time in the apartment since we tried to get out and explore as much as we could, but the time we did spend in the apartment was comfortable and we enjoyed every moment. Mark my words, we will be back, I'm not sure when it will happen... but we would definitely stay at Andrew's place again if...