Unfortunately this evaluation will not be very positive. A day prior to our arrival I had contacted Catlin to find out how we could get access to the house. In her general description she had written that there was a key lock next to a side door but there was no indication as to the code or where I could find it. We were traveling from Philadelphia to Boston that day so it was a long journey and throughout that journey I tried to contact Catlin by email, phone or voice mail, always without success. I was getting more and more worried as I had all my family with me and it was getting towards 8 pm when we arrived. We looked for a key lock at the side door but there was none. I called her again but without success. Finally we saw that there was light in the house so we rang the bell and her neighbours opened for us. They informed us that the key lock was no longer on the side door but next to the front door and that the code would likely be the last four digits of our cell phone. Thank God that worked so we managed to get into the house. There we found the next surprises. In general the house was fine but we had subscribed to a cleaning fee of over 250 $ for staying just two days (!) and were very surprised to find that many parts of the house were not clean. There was hair on the bed sheets and the sink was quite dirty etc. Needless to say that we did not expect this. Again we tried to clairfy this with our host without success and eventually decided to contact airbnb who helped us to resolve the situation. Apart from the total lack of communication the cleanliness issues the house was fine, as was the neighborhood. You are not exactly near the universities (at least not MIT or Harvard) with about 20 minutes by car, but you are nor too far either. The house lacked some basics such as cereal bowls or tea spoons so if you feel you need them you better bring them with you. The neighbors downstairs are kind and friendly. Oh yes and don't be surprised if some of the light switches are in unusual locations :-). It will take a while until you have identified everything.