This 2 bed, 2 bath apartment with Laundry in building is located in Downtown Boston, a 3 minute walk to Public Transportation. It is designed with simple modern style and has everything you need for a short stay with the comforts of home. Fully stocked kitchen has everything you'd need to cook a basic meal. The unit
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Check-in: 5 PM Check-out: 10 AM
Smoking inside: Not available Parties and events: Not available 
Pets: Pets allowed 
The listing for this property describes it as "Luxury at a Discount." Unless a person was previously homeless, there is nothing "luxurious" about the property. The listing also boasts of 200 mbps internet - maybe it wasn't working properly when we were there, but the TV was constantly buffering. The best part of this stay was the location; it's close to the Freedom Trail. The most frustrating part of this stay had to do with recovering the damage deposit we had to pay up front. Although we were never alleged to have damaged anything (and did not damage anything - pre and post videos to prove same if challenged), I really don't believe we would have received the deposit refund, unless we stayed on top of both Healing Homes and VRBO. After the stay, Healing Homes just ignored my emails. When I called VRBO to ask for assistance, I received the same answer (we will call them and have them return it.....). Until I finally reached a responsive VRBO rep who actually followed up, nothing was happening. All that said, Boston is an awesome, beautiful city, full of friendly people, and highly recommended!!!
We had early check in at 2pm check in which I paid a 50.00 fee per the request. We were coming from Martha’s Vineyard n had a lot of stuff with us. when we got to the unit, the cleaning lady was there n our room wasn’t ready. I tried messaging Albert thru Airbnb app but he didn’t respond so I called him n told himof the situation, he responded n said he only communicates through Airbnb n hung up on me. A little while later, I got a response saying there was a miscommunication n they’ll refund my early check in fee. We were left not knowing what to do as we had scheduled n moved a few things around on our agenda. While waiting we had all of our stuff n sat outside of the place with nothing to do for 2 hours! I even ended up helping the cleaning lady vacuum/sweep the floor n gatherd dirty towels to her cart to try nspeed the process. There were homeless people right next to the keypad lock n they were arguing, one person was even shooting up something to her arm on the steps.
The noise was crazy. Homeless people were singing below the building at 5 am and there was a fight at 2 am.
Location is great. Layout is a little funky. The laundry area in the basement is filthy. One toilet didn’t work at all, the other required multiple flushes, like 3-4. Plumber came, but couldn’t fix the one without a part, and frankly it didn’t seem like a priority. Lastly the cookware was so beat up it couldn’t sit flush on the cooktop, so we bought a frying pan, and kitchen knife. The floors were dirty. We had to buy Mr Clean and sponges. They had 3 plastic cup, 3 wine glasses, and a small pint glass….. they sent some more plastic cups over, then some weird little glasses but that was our last day. Kinda rough all around. Second property from this group we stayed in that had plumbing problems they didn’t fix during our stay.
Beware of some deceptive pricing practices. The cleaning fee is exorbitant and the check-in times are constrained to encourage customers to pay a late/early check-in fee. Meanwhile, it's a touch-free check-in with a passcode. Aside from those issues, the place is great. Just pay attention to the fine print.
Excellent location but run down interior with multiple missing/broken fixtures and window blinds. Terrifically dirty windows. Had problems with both toilets and host was very responsive but issues persisted. Chose the unit for its two bathrooms but one was usually out of commission with my poor husband working to fix it. Clean but very loud at night with window a/c units but thankfully comfortable linens and beds. Large living space. Could be great with some basic investment to upgrade bathrooms and fixtures.
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Dryer