This is a very clean, quiet (despite what some other reviews say, there was only the slightest of sounds from above), spacious and well-furnished basement apartment in a quiet residential neighborhood, within easy walking of a McMenamin's School and other shops/cafes. Not real close in to Portland center, but parking for our car in front of the house was no problem. Interaction with our hosts was straightforward and friendly. We were very late arriving and they handled it perfectly.