Robin was an amazing host, and I highly recommend her to anyone considering staying in this area!
The house is in a very nice, safe, and quiet residential neighborhood with lots of authentic New England personality and charm (a quiet sort of charm), and only a 20 min or so walk northeast to UMass, or 10 minutes in the opposite direction to the nearest Red Line station.
Make sure you get on the correct Red Line (there are two versions that split off at one point)! Robin actually messaged me about this just in case, just as I happened to be literally sitting on the wrong side of the station, and just less than one minute before the wrong train came that I would've gotten on, had it not been for her immense thoughtfulness!
Robin greeted me and gave me a tour of the premises, and we had a very pleasant casual chat about the area and various other things. The house was very nice, charming and cozy (as in actually invoking feelings of coziness, not like the euphemism for tiny that a lot of other people use, because the house and guest room are very large and spacious far beyond what I am used to). She made me feel right at home, even offering some food, and some travel tips (including a travel book there you can reference for ideas).
On the morning of my checkout, as I went to the foot of the bed to turn off my phone alarm, I must have came too suddenly at the wrong angle, and heard a piece of wood snap (the bed was still fine and safe, but I still felt bad about it). I probably shouldn't be saying this because I don't want people to take advantage of her hospitality, kindness, and reasonableness, but I told her about it and she was totally fine, instead preferring that I focus on surviving the test I was taking at UMass that day, as well as, much more importantly, surviving the evil goose squatting at UMass that I almost got into fisticuffs with two days in a row that I told her about. (Thankfully, my ninja training paid off, and I managed to sneak past the goose, and no one got hurt.)
6 out of 5 stars!