The basement apartment is nice and large, the bed is really comfortable and it is good to have a private door for coming and going. On the downside the basement/house door is locked so if you do want to access the kitchen you have to knock to be 'let in', we were only given breakfast on the first morning out of three and the hot water tank for the whole house is situated about 3 feet from the bed and is unacceptably loud at sporadic intervals (eg, 3am, 6am, 7am). However, it is a good affordable base for visiting Boston and the hosts were friendly.