Boston Vacation Rental condo

My wife and I stayed at this property during the above period and its only now when looking for another place in Boston that I thought to review the place.

On meeting the owner I was left very unimpressed by her attitude, though she probably felt the same about us. The problem arose because we hadnt paid the full amount for our period before we arrived. I was uncomfortable with having fully paid before actually seeing the place in person, so we paid I think about 70% before getting there. When we paid the balance on arrival the owner made a ill advised comment about being like drug dealer handing over cash in public. I thought this was in poor taste but it could be a cultural difference too. This may have set a tone because we had a problem with the heating in the apartment which the owner never responded to. Why this was I dont know. We felt the place was not warm enough but as we dont have such a heating system at home ourselves we didnt wish to interfere with it. The front door of the apartment could have done with a draft excluder or even being a little thicker than paper in order to prevent heat escaping.

As the owner states it does just sleep two so that is fair enough, however if you are doing a lot of shopping or have a lot of luggage you will find the property gets rather cramped in terms of space. The bed is very comfortable but the duvet covers and linen werent what I would consider up to standard.

The location of the apartment is where this property excels. The North End is delightful to stay in and with the T, subway , only about a block away gettin around Boston is simple to do. There are several lovely places to eat but our favourite was Theos Diner, you go out the door, turn right and head up Salem St about maybe two blocks, its on the left hand side at a junction. The staff and food there are an example to all other diners I have ever visited. You are also very near umpteen wonderful pastry shops if you feel like piling on the pounds.

To sum up, while I would rather not deal with the owner again and would hesitate to recommend the place to anyone, I would say it is worth considering based on its location alone.