This is a great place to stay with family--lots of space, very cute, lovely neighborhood, and good noise cancelling within the house, and it's very kid friendly as there was not a lot of breakable stuff which was appreciated. Sharhea and Stevenson were incredibly responsive and had great suggestions as far as restaurants. As others noted, there is train that runs right behind the building but it wasn't overly loud. It's close to downtown Boston by car or bus but the train is a bit far away. Overall, it was great.