The listing was very accurate to the pictures and descriptions. This apartment is lovely and spacious for 2-3 adults or a very small family (we were 2 adults and one 7-year-old child). The neighborhood was incredibly quiet, with the great Audubon Park nearby for our daughter, very walkable streets, and even some neighborhood "Lending Libraries" boxes on the sidewalks nearby.

Josh was very quick and helpful with all our communications, and provided some great suggestions for our family, both through email and the house guidebook provided in the home.

Unfortunately, the downside of a beautiful older Victoria home is that the floors are quite creaky. We did hear footsteps and walking noise from the above unit from the host family, so if you or your guests are light sleepers, this may not be the space for you. Another reviewer had noted that the one bedroom is only accessed through the main bedroom, which I had forgotten about when having to walk on the creaky floors in the early morning to access the bathroom (I slept on the sofa couch while my husband and daughter were in the main room). I know this is nothing that can be easily fixed really with an older home, but worth mentioning if noises easily bother you.

We had a few small issues during our stay. I had one small issue with the password lock one morning, however Josh heard me having issues and came down right away to help out. The wifi also seemed to be spotty, sometimes working and sometimes not. This may have affected the TV streaming options (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) that were in the listing, however that was less an issue because of the DVDs available, and we were honestly weren't home that much to watch TV anyway. The other minor, but disappointing issue we had was that when we pulled out the sofa bed a big pile of crumbs and assorted couch things fell out. That felt icky and I concerned about potential bugs not knowing how long the crumbs had been in there!

Overall though, the space is amazing. Free parking on street, beautiful decor, huge spacious kitchen for cooking meal (we only had breakfast there so weren't able to fully utilize the kitchen amenities, nor the pizza oven outside), comfortable bed in master bedroom, large dining table, lots of windows for light, a cute porch swing on the front porch, and all the businesses on Central Ave. a few blocks away. (The Co-Op and Ecuadorian restaurant were great!)

With a few tweaks to some amenities and items provided I would have rated Josh's home even higher. Thank you Josh for providing a lovely stay during our family's Midwest vacation!