The basement apartment is new, spacious and very clean. However I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you take noise cancelling earphones if you need your sleep. We were in town for my nieces wedding. Wedding weekends are extremely busy and once you get home in the evenings you most likely need some sleep. We were paying for this apartment for three nights and we had the same experience each night. The male resident upstairs DOES NOT sleep and he is a VERY HEAVY walker. He walks around on the floors ALL night, goes up and down the stairs every couple of minutes, talks on his phone ALL night, watches TV ALL night and at one point in the wee hours of the morning was rolling a ball across the hardwood floor. You can hear everything that is happening in the upstairs main house in the basement as there is no sound barrier between the two floors and there is a 2" crack under the door leading into the main house. If you enjoy sleep, need sleep or just want to sleep I highly recommend that you pick another apartment. If you can function on the lack-of or no sleep, this basement apartment will be good for you .