Not totally dissatisfied but not impressed.
Pros:
As described, very good location. If you’re a tourist this is a awesome area to be in, blue bikes are near by. Easy communication, extremely basic accommodation which is literally a mattress on the floor but beds are comfortable. On time checkin at 3pm. Saw John very briefly who checked everything was fine then left to it which is good.
I don’t have an issue with this because it’s security, but there is a cctv in the kitchen and i think this should be better notified on the description or it’s a bit of a surprise.
Bring ear defenders and eye patch for sleeping to block out street noise, kitchen light etc. We read the reviews so we’re prepared for this and I would recommend this. I think this is all fairly reflected in the price but might be over charging a tad, simply because other places to stay in Boston are expensive but don’t look quite so basic.
Cons:
Not as clean as I had hoped based on the reviews and pictures. Stains on the bed skirt sheets but the bedding and towels looked and smelled fresh. The bathroom had hair around the sink from someone shaving, dust at the back of the toilet which was there when we arrived. I felt the need to wear flip flops in the shower but I think it was just paint peeling which gave it that feel.
John is pretty good at responding and he’s upfront but I couldn’t help but feel he was a little too micromanaging. He wanted to know the exact time we were checking in and I had to explain we were on a long haul flight which of course doesn’t always go to plan so this added some stress to our trip from the uk. So I gave him a rough time and agreed to let him know when we were half hour out. We got to Cambridge at about 13.30 and John was pretty unhelpful with letting us leave our luggage anywhere despite us letting him know we’d been travelling for 18 hours ( he knew this in advance) by that point. There isn’t much room but I think we could have worked something out to be honest so we weren’t very satisfied with that.