Our stay was great. The house has a lot of character with plenty of room to hang out. We used the kitchen and cooked a big family meal one night ( Safeway is very close to house) It was fun to walk to museums, restaurants and coffee shops.
Heads up - Downtown Portland does have a large homeless population. And this is present as well in the neighborhood the house is at. It never was an issue for us.
All was great and would stay again.