Pros:
Chip is very nice. He even picked me up at the train station which was above and beyond the call of duty. And since he was going in the direction, he gave me a ride to the airport the next morning. The bed is comfortable (firm). There's a TV in the room and an ac. He let me use the computer in the foyer.
The breakfasts were fairly lavish in my opinion. Really good yogurt, fresh fruit, muffins, pastries, tea or coffee and juice.
The house is really creative with interesting things all over the place. You can walk into the city in under 25 minutes. The first 10 minutes is not an especially pleasant walk--guys hanging out, walking over a highway, but then in a few minutes you are downtown. Not sure I would make the walk at night tho. There's a bus that drops you off close to his home.
Cons:
The neighborhood isn't that pleasant. I don't know it well enough to know if it's dangerous, but I suspect it's not. But it's a little downtrodden even tho there are some new-looking low-income housing projects. Don't plan to hang around the neighborhood, there's nothing there except KFC and McDonalds, and I saw a Vietnamese restaurant next to McD.
The other thing that was a little bit bothersome was the shower. You can see in the pics that it's a very tall tub which is a bit hard to get in and out of and it's not quite a stationary shower so it starts to move around if you try to use it in a hanging position. So I found I had to use it as a hand-held shower to rinse off after soaping. And there's no place to put your washcloth.
And now I'm getting really nitpicky but the house is very dark, so it always requires lights, and it wasn't that pleasant eating in such a dark dining room.
BUT in my opinion none of the cons are reasons not to stay there.
All things considered it was a great place to stay. And considering the good breakfasts the price is pretty good.