My husband and I enjoyed our stay at Barry's very much. His place was very clean and provided a very relaxing atmosphere for us to retreat to every evening after visiting our daughter and her husband.
The location, for our purposes was excellent. The neighborhood was nice and the garden at Barry's fantastic!
What we especially liked ... after a 10 hour door to door trip from Chicago we arrived very late in the evening. Barry was there to assist when we had a minor mix-up with keys and help us with our suitcases up the stairs to his place on the top floor. Even better was finding a couple of cold Corona's in the fridge after we finally were able to relax!
There was plenty of coffee available for us each morning and many cooking utensils and supplies should we wish to cook. We did not take advantage of this as we spent most of our time with our daughter.
We enjoyed the several art displays throughout the residence. Much to see in every nook and cranny. We especially enjoyed the decorating throughout as it reminded us of where we spent our honeymoon, an off the path 1930's hotel decorated with artifacts from around the world. My favorite area was the garden and the porch that is off the bedroom.
The only minor hindrance and it's not a show stopper as Barry was very clear about this in his listing, are the stairs. There are 65 of them, yep my husband counted, and a bit of a challenge for older and not in the greatest shape folks like my husband and I. That said, after a few trips up the stairs we took them a bit slower and found that we were doing better. We talked about the stairs when we left and decided that it would likely not stop us from staying again. Barry did mention to us that "there is a downstairs unit that is super comfy and less stairs" were we to visit the area again. Overall we found Barry's an excellent value and would definitely return! We'd rate it an ELEVEN on a 1-10 scale!