The apartment was comfortably appointed and perfectly clean, although it was smaller than we imagined. The big problem for us was the stairs. The apartment is a second floor walk-up and the stairs were unusually steep. I have a pretty bad back and the stairs were quite difficult for me. My wife and I would never have gotten the luggage upstairs by ourselves. One of the caretakers who lives in the building was a big help with that. We like the ambience and quiet of the North End and its close location to the city center.