Jose Maria is as helpful as everyone described. He makes you feel very much welcomed. The room he provided was comfortable and clean - very nice bedding.
The house is in a central location and I was able to use plaza duque as a base- taxi drivers and buses make the plaza a stop so it was easy to orient myself using this plaza.
I tried to be considerate of sharing a space with the owners and did not want to use the “kitchen” (there really is no place upstairs to prepare food) - except to make coffee. For the two nights I stayed it was fine.