Positives: Michelle is a warm host. There is a lovely front porch with flowering plants. The bathroom is new, spacious, and clean. The bedroom is a good size and clean. The bedroom windows open -- which was perfect for the weather when I was visiting. It's a short walk to the Dudley Square bus terminal. I like having cats around.
Negatives: The hallway and stairs to the apartment are not clean. The bedroom is shabby: Parts of the walls and woodwork were unpainted or mis-painted. The furniture is past its prime. The small closet had neither a bar for hangers or hooks -- just a few, haphazardly-pounded nails on which one could hang a towel or a single hangar.