This is an excellent place to stay! My friends and I made extensive use of its convenient location near Porter and Harvard square, and the neighborhood felt safe; we also found our neighbors to be very friendly. Though the kitchen is on the small side, we found it to be well-equipped (though involved meals/baking may require you to provide some additional mixing bowls, baking trays, etc.). The windows' insulation are quite poor leading to some warm summer days inside the unit, but the three AC units worked without fail. As a bonus, we got to enjoy an HD TV that was an upgrade over the old cathode ray TV shown on the posting when we booked.
There were only two downsides:
- The washing machine in the building's basement was out of order for around the first month of our stay (we arrived to find it not working). The duration of its incapacity is not Andrew's fault, but the need to drive to find a laundromat despite there being a laundry machine listed in the posting was a letdown. Hopefully it remains functional for future visitors.
- The cleanliness of the unit was wanting upon our arrival. I felt compelled to vacuum my room as soon as I arrived because the floor/rug was covered in a substantial amount of particulate matter. Because Andrew appears to use a cleaning service (it was included in the price for us), I would attribute this uncleanliness to an error made on their end that was not caught by Andrew. Other than a few oversights such as this, the place was overall acceptably clean.