This apartment, which is within a lovely older building, is completely set up for a short, or longer stay to Boston. It is newly decorated, with beautiful wooden floors and fitted out with high quality furnishings, a comfortable bed and a nice hot shower over a small bath tub. As the description points out, you will have to get yourself and suitcase/s up the outside steps to the front door and then up the staircase to the first floor.
The location in Cambridge is ideal for exploring Boston, with it being a short walk to the T (subway) Red line's 'Central Square' stop - where $2.75, or $2.25 on a Charlie card, will give you one journey to pretty much wherever you want to get to in the city.
There are plenty shops very close to the residential road that the property is located; such as 7-Eleven, Target and Whole Foods - plenty places to eat within walking distance too. We enjoyed a pleasant stroll up to Harvard, which was maybe 15 mins away to have a student led tour around the university, which was excellent.
The host was in contact via airbnb message from time to time to check everything was ok and I was encouraged to ask if I needed anything, which I didn't as all was great through my 11 day stay.
It was very handy to have a place to leave luggage if check in, or out times aren't a good match with departure times and the free wifi is definitely useful for those coming from abroad, not wanting to pay a fortune on roaming charges.
All in all I wouldn't hesitate to stay here again if returning to Boston and be happy to recommend to others.