On the plus side, this apartment is large and extremely well-located, a 10-15 minute walk from Thayer Street and Brown University on the East Side. It is spacious enough for 4 people, with 2 good-size bedrooms. The host, Van, is extremely responsive and helpful. Because it has a kitchen and a washer/dryer, you might find it useful for extended stays, but the kitchen is missing many essential tools that would allow for cooking. The apartment is fine but somewhat shabby, with several random broken items (chair, window blinds, lamp). It is on the first floor of a house (I assume, the host's house), but feels a bit subterranean, given that it's dark. Over all, it's a spacious, well-located apartment, but not beautiful and a bit claustrophobic-feeling.