The description indicated there were stairs but did not say anything about 3 flights of stairs to get to the kitchen and living room and that the stairs were very (almost dangerously) steep.
Too many rules posted throughout the apartment. The major rule we had an issue with was "no shoes past the front door", especially with the hardwood floors and steep stairs.
Poor television reception. No cable TV or local networks. We were only able to get 2 "ion" channels and a local all day news channel. Host wasn't able to help us when we asked about local network channels. We were told "sorry, we do not watch much TV".
Description indicated there was parking on the street in front of the apartment but there wasn't. We returned to the apartment about 9 pm two nights we were in Boston. Both nights it was very difficult to find a legal place to park. One night we had to park 2+ blocks away and got a $60 parking ticket. The host did reimburse me for the cost of the ticket but informant me it was my fault for not reading the signs. They told me I should have contacted them as they could have allowed us to park in their private drive. I wonder what they would have said if we had contacted them at 9:30 when we finally gave up and parked and walked back to the apartment. They could have told us this when we checked in.
The sky light over the stairs in the kitchen leaked during a storm one night while we were there. Water on the stairs made them even more dangerous until it was wiped up. When I informed the host of the leak, they were rather defensive Nd told me they would have cleaned it up if we had told them when it happened. I was just informing them as an FYI. It didn't take much to clean up but rather dangerous.
The location was close to a transit station but it was in an area we felt was a rough neighborhood. Several nights we returned after dark and were rather uncomfortable walking from the station to the apartment. Even friends living in Boston were concerned about us staying in the area but didn't say anything until the end of our stay.
This was our first time to rent an Airbnb and sadly it may be the last. I had reservations and unfortunately many came to reality.