Feb 2017 - 9 days stay:
Overview: Perfect place for a couple (and pets). Spacious and clean house with all necessities. Friendly and responsive host. Clean and quiet neighborhood.
Pros:
+ Large bedroom with TV and a CD player (never personally use them but it's there). Queen size bed (I guess?) with a very strong and steady wood bed frame.
+ Very quiet bedroom.
+ Nice closet.
+ Beautiful decorations (pictures, statues, lighting - very nice, doesn't have that scary feeling)
+ 2 bathrooms in 2nd and 3rd floor. Both is very clean and nice with lots of personal travel necessities such as: body wash, shampoo, conditioner, tooth brush, hair drier, shower cap, bath sponge, and lots of towels.
+ Big kitchen with everything you need! 2 kitchen knives, 1 fruit knife, dozens of dishes, spoons and forks and bowls; not to mention a full collection of cups and wine glass. Plastic wrapper available, but no aluminum food wrap. Perfect ceramic stove and oven (I made great ribs with it - thank you Lynel!)
+ A small speaker in the kitchen where you can connect your phone to play music!
+ Free washing machine and Dryer in kitchen: you can find detergent and softener inside the cupboard above (I brought mine lol)
+ Multiple board games for you to play with your SO or family. Monopoly, Scrabble,...you name it!
+ Nice attic. Can't really see anything from the small window up there but it's like a secret hide out for the kid in you!
+ Carpeted stairs. Warm
+ Actual house where people live (or used to live) in. Level of comfort is just like your home.
+ Front door beeps when someone opens it. Neat.
+ Parking available. Not street parking, actual parking!
Cons:
- Spacious = take a while for the room to heat up.
- The left hand side of the bed is COLD because it's next to a window. For an Asian like me and my gf it's unbearable when it's minus degree Celsius outside. For other Americans and Caucasians, it might not be that bad I guess.
- Trains can be heard and felt when you are in the kitchen. There are 2 different trains: 1. The Orange line: slower and very quiet, you can barely notice. 2. The Commuter rail: Faster and noisy, vibration can be felt from the floor. Not really a con, I never get distracted by it, just fyi.
- Pet friendly: If you got allergy, beware. No smell of animals though.
- Bed room have a small window that point directly to the reading room on the 3rd floor of your neighbor house. Sometimes it feels like being watched, although we never actually see anyone up there.