Nice place - good alternative to staying downtown. Most of the time (exception would be peak commuting times) we were a 5 or 10 minute drive to downtown and all the main bridges. Place is very clean and functional. Basement apartment - so it stayed cool on the hot summer days we were there. You can here up stairs neighbors, but that didn't bother us. Quiet residential neighborhood with a park and shopping close by. I would stay here again when visiting Portland.