The place itself was a nice stay, and host is nice. We just had a difficult time checking in since we had to wait several hours to hear back from the host when we were ready to check in. We ended up finding things to do in the meantime and she finally responded several hours later when we called her cell-phone that night, and after that everything was just fine. Free parking is a bit misleading as you have to park on the streets around the neighborhood and there are hardly any free spots, so yes technically it is free to park if you can find a spot. Luckily we were able to find one.