Lovely place, fabulous location, nice people. What's not to love?
We were a group of two teenaged girls, their parents, and one grandma - looking at potential colleges for one of the kids in Boston. We were looking for an affordable, nice place in an awesome location - and that's exactly what we got.
Paul and Susan were super responsive, live directly upstairs from the rental unit, and are lovely people.
The house itself is slightly inverted from most: you enter on the ground floor, and then there are two floors DOWN from there. That might make people think that it's a dungeon, but it's not even close. The first floor down has normal windows, and the DEEP floor has one window high up. So there are some stairs to deal with, but overall we thought it was fun.
The place FEELS like you're in Boston history. It is classy-old, with creaky wood floors and wooden beams on the ceiling. The neighborhood is a very quaint pocket of residences smack-dab in the middle of the city -- we found it remarkably quiet and incredibly close to great things to do. Parking is tricky... but with a little ingenuity - we parked at meters and in a rare free spot, and only suffered one ($40) parking ticket in 4 days.
The location is absolutely epic. The grandma we were with was literally on one crutch, and we STILL managed to walk to dinner for all four nights of our stay. We were thrilled to be in the city, and yet having our own little brick oasis to come back to.
Thanks to Paul and Susan - we had a great trip - and would certainly recommend their place to anyone who wants history, quality, value (and some stairs...)
JS