The location of this rental was perfect for our needs for visiting the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and taking the T downtown. It's a little bit rough around the edges (rusty over-the-toilet shelves, gaps in vinyl flooring, peeling wallpaper obve the shower) but was* exceptionally* clean. It's on the first floor facing the alley with the bedroom wall adjacent to the lobby entry, but the building was generally quite quiet. The bed was super comfortable and I appreciated the pillows of varying firmness since my husband and I have very different preferences. The bedroom was cooler than the main room, but we were fine with the nice warm comforter. Temperature control is a bit wonky - we initially thought that the thermostat was malfunctioning when we woke up to the living room a stifling 76 degrees despite the temp being set at 70. After a quick venture down to the basement, we discovered the living room is above the boiler hence the feeling of radiant floor heating! We just cracked the windows to cool the place off a bit.
Unbelievable, the parking spots in front of the building have no restrictions other than street cleaning once/week. We managed to score one of them and had free parking for the weekend! We would definitely stay here again on a future trip to Boston.