My hosts were efficient and helpful. The location is excellent: minutes to Harvard Square and Boston, less than a 20-minute bike ride to the Museum of Fine Arts, and near to wonderful shops and restaurants (which Paul can tell you about). The neighborhood is a pocket of calm in a busy metropolis. The building is an older one, so noise can come through the ceiling from movement above, but the extras (a lovely porch, full kitchen equipment, wi-fi, and a cable TV that was already set to the Bruins game that night!) are a plus. And being able to park my car in the large driveway was very helpful.