My cousin and I stayed at Tom's place - we met Reba and the kids, and they were nothing but friendly! They respected our space but also were open to hosting us upstairs. The space is the full basement, with two bedrooms (including SUPER comfortable king size beds), a living area with couch and bookcase that also has board games, and up-to-date modern bathroom (great water pressure!). The location is across from a park and a few minutes walk to SE Hawthorne, one of the main streets, and a several minute walk to SE Division, the other main street - both of which are filled with restaurants, eclectic shops, bookstores, coffeeshops, donuts (go to Blue Star!), etc. All of this made our 2 night stay in Portland great!