My spouse and I stayed there for a week and had mixed feelings about this place. First the good: Barbara was very friendly and responsive, it was clean, the stove, fridge and microwave worked well for us. The upstairs was comfortable and it was nice to have netflix on a small flat screen.

The bad: The shower did not have a separate stall so half of the bathroom floor ended up wet after a shower. If you're someone who likes to shower every day I think you could find something better for the the cost. The downstairs is very cold in the winter as it has cement floors. And Barbara's book of many rules suggests that you keep the temperature at 62F which is not very warm. The main heat is upstairs which doesn't make sense as we all know hot air rises. She has a noisy fan at the top of the stairs, but it isn't enough to mix the heat down. She does provide a portable heater downstairs, but asks that you not use it at night and it gets very cold with the cement floors. My impression was that she spent her budget on the upstairs and didn't finish the lower level. I killed 4 spiders on the lower level, my spouse slipped down the stairs and we both found the bed to be uncomfortable. I wouldn't stay there again unless I had no other option.