This room is well-located in the South End. It was clean and the host was responsive to communication.
The pictures listed here are accurate but strategic - the bathroom and kitchen are quick flips and are very small in person. The unit is located directly next to the front door of the brownstone entryway, so you can hear all guests come and go through the heavy front doors throughout the night. The unit also happened to carry a strong odor when I arrived - presumably the previous guests or neighboring guests cooked something potent prior to arrival. The smell dissipated by the next morning, but I could not speed the process up by opening windows/doors (for security on the first floor and weather reasons).
Between the noise and odor, the unit did not work well for me and was disruptive for sleeping and remote working.
When I contacted the host to share my experience and see if I could change to another one of their available units that was still listed as available on Airbnb for my two night stay, something I thought was a fair ask, I was surprised by the response: Not willing to give options for the first night, but that I could change to (and pay in full for) a second property in their portfolio for the second night. They would only reimburse me for the original property if it re-rented out for the second night, but I’d have to decide before they’d give a guarantee of reimbursement.
I found this policy off-putting and atypical to the spirit of nearly every other Airbnb experience I’ve had - so know that in advance. (Also reflected in posts by guests at some of Stone’s other properties)
To be complete, the following day the host did ask if I wanted someone to try to address the odor. But by then I had lost a night of sleep and had remote meetings all day long that would not allow for disruption.