Tom and his family were very welcoming. The discussions were fun as Tom is quite knowledgeable on Portland's development.

As for the house itself, the space was clean with a small work desk. The neighbourhood was great: they are on a quiet residential street between Hawthorne (restaurants, fancy cinema, cute shops and a branch of Powell's Books) and Division (more restaurants, an independent publishing resource centre and a really good tea shop). Transit was quite good to and from downtown.