To start off, the apartment itself was very clean and presentable. I think this host really does a nice job of ensuring their customers have what they need. There was a Roku device already hooked up, complimentary WiFi, two small bottles of wine, kitchen (with cookware and serviceware), coffee machine with pods, and there was even an ice tray with ice cubes. Nice touch with preparation in mind!
Here are the areas I recommend for improvement: there were only 2 bath towels total but no washer/dryer. I would provide a few more bath towels as if customers stay for a week and they don't pack bath towels, it would be nice to have a couple extra. Please get some extra bed pillows. As a woman, I need 3 pillows and my travelling companion needed 3 pillows. The pillows provided were pretty flat and there were only 2, that I recall. Provide some tumbler (plastic) glasses for drinking water/lemonade/juice...etc. One more chair in the living room would be great as there was a two person couch and it seemed a bit crowded.
Here are the areas the host cannot control:
The neighborhood is not the most comfortable. There were loud vehicles blasting music and speeding through the residential street at all hours of the night (you could feel the apartment vibrate). The neighbor below us started blasting bass music at 1030PM that shook the floors and walls for a few hours. The winding stairwell up to the 2nd floor is extremely narrow and not for the faint-of-heart (mostly thinking of people who have trouble walking or climbing stairs. The process of parking was a tad difficult as you need to park in front of the entrance door, enter the code of the entrance door, go upstairs, enter the code to get in the apartment, then go to the drawer to get the hard key to unlock the lock on the chain gate, open the gate, pull in and park, lock the lock on the chain gate and don't lose the key! But again, you're in the NE! So there may be some extra steps due to the structure of the neighborhood.
Location is close to gas stations and some restaurants. About a 40 min drive to Boston.
Thank you!