Shane only had a moment to see me when I arrived and gave me a cursory tour, so I needed to track him down the next day to get greater details about using the house that were not really covered in the overview. His style seemed pretty hands-off, but he was responsive when asked. During my stay there were four other quests residing at the house, which I had not expected -- although they were peasant enough when I did encounter them -- but I might have made another choice had I realized that was the case. The house itself is a shoes-off scenario, so to avoid going through the house to access the basement lodgings requires crossing around the side of the house through unlit and uneven surfaces (no sidewalk). The wifi was also temperamental and I often neeeded to sign off and back on for timely loading of pages.
However, the room was clean and the bed was very comfortable with space for my gear and heaters for if it got chilly, and I was allowed to have guests for dinner one evening which made it feel more like a home as opposed to 'a room'. Most of my excursions took me outside of Portland itself and there was plenty of street parking for my rental and easy access to highways if you plan to do the same.