It was our first time in Boston and we chosen Tom's apartment because of is great location, in Back Bay which is a fantastic neighborhood, close to the subway and to restaurants and stores.
Tom's was very responsive and helpful during our stay.
Unfortunately our stay has been ruined by the terrific conditions of the apartment which was not clean at all and not very functional. The kitchen and the refrigerator were particularly obscene (and we just couldn't use them), the towels in the bathroom were dirty and still wet, there was a huge quantity of sand hidden under the carpet, the trash was full, we found hairs on the linens and there was no space four our belongings (Tom lives there and the apartment is full of his own belongings).
For our trips we are used to stay in airbnb apartments (our own is on airbnb during the summer period) and never find one in these conditions.
We immediately informed Tom who apologized several times and paid back the cleaning cost (it seemed that the cleaning service didn't clean the apartment before our arrival)
It's a real displeasure for me writing such a review because I think that Tom is a great person but his apartment's conditions really ruined our stay.
Nevertheless, if clean and with some free space for the guests' belongings, I definitely recommend his apartment.