Javier was a great host. Great location, right next door is Flour & Toro which are great spots. It's also walking distance to other restaurants. A few pointers. If you are driving there is parking on some of the side streets, the "SpotAngels" app is a great visual on what parts of certain streets you can park on. For instance one block away on Shawmut Ave you can park 6pm-8am. Weekend parking is free most places. Beware of areas which are resident parking only. I would suggest driving to further areas on the weekday, such as Salem on the weekday since if you were to stay in the city all-day parking is expensive or street parking is limited to 2-hours.
As far as the actual home is very spacious & the price is appropriate for it's size & the convenience of having a home. I would stay here again, we were there for graduation & were out for most of the day. My small complaints were the wifi is slow/spotty despite the various wifi spots they give you for each area of the house your in. This was not that big of a deal since we just needed it to do research for areas to visit but if you're streaming a video then it was very slow/stop & go. Because this is in an older building the walls are thin. I read reviews of how thin the walls are & this is true. We could hear my parents snoring in the next room & when the people upstairs were walking around. Again, these minor issues would not deter me to rent again due to the fact the location, size, convenience of having a house, & host was very nice. Just sharing our experience & overall we enjoyed Boston. We felt safe in the neighborhood & very good city to walk around, take public transport, or Uber around.