The building is about a century old, with high ceilings. Pretty quiet, except some construction during working ours that is probably temporary. The hosts were very nice, and communicative. Public transit is pretty good there. We did take the metro a few times, but mostly walked. We enjoyed our stay.We were there during the heat wave, and there was no AC, so wasvpretty warm, but liveable. One bed was less comfortable than the other two.