Great place to stay to sleep and take a shower.
I got an interview in Boston and literally booked this place at 7 pm - arrived at 9:30 pm to Boston and arrived the place.
Location wise it is excellent, it's in Cambridge. Very central.
It is a Hostal, there are 3 rooms (mine was double single bed room, don't know the other 2 rooms configurations, imagine they are the same).
A very small but functional kitchen and a very well/normal sized bathroom with shower. Shower needs new lining on the floor, it's worn out, I'd recommend sandals for showering. I did not have, and just took the shower.
I literally stayed to sleep and left next morning. For this purpose it is great value, very comfortable bed, with nice frigid AC. Good size room, I'm 6.1, my brother is 6.2 and we had no issues whatsoever with room or mattress size.
I personally would not stay for a longer stay, or of I did I'd just arrive to sleep & shower. You can hear when other hosts take shower, are in the kitchen, the apartment is made with sheet rock and wood (I imagine, I am no architect) but you can hear a lot of noise from kitchen/bathroom. Again this place is a place to stay when you have a booked agenda and just would be home to sleep. For this purpose it's great.
John was extremely communicative and am thankful I stayed at this place.
Oh, and yes there is noise from the cars, but this is true for the majority of apartments that are situated on the side of a busy road. Maybe if host put double sided glass the noise would diminish considerably. And it would make this a very quiet& cozy stay.
Would recommend and stay again.