I want to start out by saying I did really enjoy this little airbnb for the most part. There was a couple things that bothered me because it wasnt included in the description of the airbnb. This is my first ever mixed review, out of all the airbnbs I have stayed in.
It's a decent sized apartment and has a fully stocked kitchen with everything you could need. Its their personal apartment so there's more appliances then other airbnbs. The one thing I will say is wash everything with a quick rinse, the cats jump onto everything in the kitchen. It's definitely a kitchen that makes you want to cook in it, I cooked 2 big meals with everything that was provided. The window in the kitchen is huge and I love the natural sunlight that comes through in the morning.
What is not shown or mentioned is that there is a whole family above you. It bothered my sister, our friend and I. The 1st, 2 nights that we were there we heard loud footsteps above us until midnight. After our host was informed about the issue she let the people know and then the 3rd night they were up until 1am and vacuumed at 12:20am right above our bedroom which was so loud. So I'm not sure if them mentioning something made it worse or if they just were cleaning at 12am. Then at 5/530am they would get up and start walking around and you could hear parts of their sentences very clearly. Im surprised no one else mentioned anything in their reviews about it bothering them when all 3 of us were at points bothered by it.
We loved the cats! They were great company and Olive was very friendly. We just were not aware of their routine. All 3 mornings we were there the cats woke me up, the lightest sleeper at 430/5am to be fed. The host was made aware and told us to feed them a half a cup extra at night and that didn't help with them not waking me up. The first night we fed them at 10pm then we pushed the next night back to 11pm and the last night until 12am, every morning they still woke me up at 5am. I also thought maybe just putting them out of the bedroom, would do the trick since the automatic feeder goes off at 630am. The cats would just continue to scratch at the door until I would get up out of bed. Also be aware the cats scarcth everything in the house...the bed posts, chairs, couch. They also started scratching my freezer bag that was sitting out in the kitchen, so put everything that cats like to scratch away. They are not bad cats they just have not been properly trained.
The last thing to mention is the key issue with the front door. All 3 of us had issues with the key. The key cannot go in the whole way and has to be popped out just enough to click to be able to turn. There was some times we got it in a minute and other times where we were messing with it for 5 minutes. I really thought someone was going to call the cops at times because of us being strangers messing with someone's door. The host was also informed of this issue and told us to keep switching keys with the one in the lockbox but we had the same issue with that key. We really think the keys are just used too much and they need new keys made. We watched someone from upstairs use their key with no issue.
It is a very nice and inviting space minus the issues we had. It's in walking distance to ruins, parks, coffee shops, bakerys, shops, and a zoo. Its in driving distance to the market, museums, grocery stores, galleries, and historic areas. We even stumbled across this place called the Tavern of Tales. It's a restaurant/relaxing place for drinks to play all different types of games that they supply. It's so fun and the drinks are absolutely amazing. Definitely a place to check out! We also went to the zoo in walking distance, 25 mins away. It was the morning before they had the Boston Lights event there and it was beautifully decorated in so many colorful oriental artwork. We had an absolute blast just walking around town the one whole day we were there. Also the gas station right at the end of the road has some of the best prices. If you pay cash it's even cheaper. I realized alot of stuff in the area is cheaper if you pay cash vs card. So bring extra cash.