We stayed six nights with Ben. I was looking for three things when I booked:
1. Parking. Ben has a pass available for residential parking. It was pretty easy to find. On Wednesday mornings they sweep one side of the street and Thursday morning they do the other so you may have to move your car if you are there on those days. The spots were easy to come by though and I always noticed plenty of parking available.
2. Washer and Dryer - yep - worked and laundry detergent was provided.
3. Ease of getting to the mall. 4/5. It's a *bit* further than I would have liked. The metro is almost a 10 minute walk. Walking down to the mall is possible (25 minutes or so) and would be totally doable if it wasn't the middle of July!)
A couple of extra items to mention: Ben has great communication. They is acceptable - a bit hard and it's a platform bed so it's a bit low. Lots of lights - which is important with a basement unit.