This cottage is in a lovely neighborhood. Very quiet and in a private backyard. Easy walk to public transport in either direction or local restaurants and shops. The cottage is clean and small with your basic needs, but we only were there to sleep and shower then go out exploring. There is no microwave or tv but we did not miss these much as there was plenty of eating places and stuff to keep us busy. We hit all the museums downtown and food cart pods using the bus for travel. We scheduled transport tours to the coast and Mount Hood, easily about an hour drive to each, our tour guide picking up downtown at Director's Park. You are close to a Fred Meyer's (like a Kroger/Walmart for those of you from out of the area), it's at the end of the street. There is also a New Season's Market close for local farmer's market type stuff. Some of our favorite restaurants were on Hawthorne nearby, a French creperie called Chez Machin, Blue Star Donuts, Hello India, Cuba (cuban), and Tarboush (Lebanese). We had family that lives on Hawthorne so gravitated to it more, but Division street the other way seemed equally interesting. Heather is very responsive to messages. We did not meet her the week we were there but communicated often by email and text. Overall a very pleasant experience.