Read all of the reviews and you will know exactly what to expect. The hosts are truly wonderful and principled people. I left after 6 days because of an apartment-sitting opportunity and they would not accept keeping all the money for the three weeks of my intended stay. They did warn me ahead of time that I might want to do my laptop work in one of the Harvard libraries for maximum comfort. I used the bed instead and propped pillows behind me. The a/c was incredibly quick to cool the place and kept it very comfortable in almost 90 degree weather. About 100 steps away I had what is probably the best meatball calzone of my life (after asking for more sauce). No wonder the unassuming Harvard House of Pizza is so consistently full if customers. One caution: you should be careful of the slanted ceilings which twice caused a little pain with minor bonks. Another caution: the bedroom door does not lock from the outside. No worries from Rosalind or Dominic, but in case other renters are in the home, I'd be a little nervous having $10k of camera equipment in there. I did that and the equipment remained happily safe. No other renters were there at that time, though.