Barbara made us feel welcome. The apartment is new and very clean. It was wonderful to have a useable kitchen as I cooked several times, she even lent me some flour when I needed it! The neighborhood had coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants and bakeries all within a short walk. The con for us was that there is a lot of construction happening on the street so it was noisy early in the mornings and no laundry availability. But we did love playing with Darcy!