Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian

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A patio with a table and chairs, a green umbrella, and a statue.
A two-story house with a turret, a front porch, and a white picket fence.
A kitchen with wooden cabinets, a refrigerator, a sink, and a window.
A kitchen with wooden cabinets, a black countertop, and a window with plants.
A room with a curved desk, a television, a window, a blue sofa, and a small table with a speaker.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Top-rated comfy beds
    Guests liked the comfy beds here.
  • Barbecue grill
    A rare find - perfect for a relaxed, outdoor grilling experience.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to Harvard University

Popular amenities

  • Balcony or patio
  • Barbecue grill
  • High-speed internet
  • Washer/dryer
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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Cambridge, MA
  • Place, Harvard University
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Place, Harvard Law School
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Place, Harvard Square
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Airport, Boston, MA (BOS-Logan Intl.)
    ‪15 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Spaces

Kitchen

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About the area

Cambridge

West Cambridge, a neighbourhood in Cambridge, is home to this holiday home. Encore Boston Harbor and Boston Harbor are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Boston Common and Revere Beach. Check out an event or a game at Fenway Park, and consider making time for New England Aquarium, a top attraction not to be missed. Spend some time exploring the area's activities, including birdwatching.
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Cambridge, MA

What's nearby

  • Harvard University - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • American Repertory Theater - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Harvard Law School - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Massachusetts Hall - 19 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Harvard Square - 4 min drive - 1.8 km

Getting around

  • Belmont Station - 4 min drive
  • Porter Square Station - 20 min walk
  • Boston, MA (BNH-Boston Harbor Seaplane Base) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Luxor Cafe - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Dunkin' - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Cambridge Common - ‬19 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian?

As of 14 Nov 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian on 21 Feb 2027 start from £975, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Cozy Harvard/MIT Victorian located?

Located in West Cambridge, this holiday home is within 1 mile (2 km) of Harvard Law School, Harvard University and Harvard Square. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University are also within 3 miles (5 km). Porter Square Station is 20 minutes by foot and Harvard Square Station is 21 minutes.

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 24 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 24 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 24 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 24 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 24 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
A great location, wonderful neighborhood, and the suite was just as pictured. Really enjoyed how walkable the neighborhood was, and this was a great time of year for enjoying the fall leaves.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great location, with very responsive host.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay

Loved my stay!! Everything was lovely!
Stayed 21 nights in Nov 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

This place was perfect for us while attending a class on Harvard's campus. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Exceptional stay, superb host

Meticulous attention to detail, high level of technology with everything, clean, convenient location. Perfect place for a short or longer stay. Highly recommended!
Stayed 15 nights in Jan 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Mother daughter trip

Great location and had a place to park my car as well. Easy for access to mass transit and Uber pickups. Was stocked with everything we needed. We had a great stay!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfortable space in great location!

My family had a lovely long weekend in Cambridge! The property is well appointed with every amenity needed. The beds are VERY comfortable and the property manager (owner) was spot on with communication. We had a wonderful stay!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

comfy home and perfect location

This is a comfy and funky little place very conveniently placed. We loved the kitchen and the tub and shower in the bathroom provided us with a lot of fun and relaxation. The beds were very comfortable. The neighborhood was a delight to walk around and Steve was a great host!
Stayed 21 nights in Dec 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 14 Apr 2023
Thank you for staying with us! We really loved hosting you!
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, comfortable

The building is old, the outside shopworn, but the apartment itself is very comfortable and nice. The tub and shower are unusual--and a little hard for people of a certain age to climb into. The location is very good--a nice residential neighborhood with shops and a big park not far away.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful weekend

Thoughtfully appointed, welcoming haven in an unforgettable, historic neighborhood. This beautiful Victorian home is completely unique as well as luxurious and relaxing. Steve was a wonderful host. Lovely amenities throughout the living space and expert recommendations about the area made for a perfect weekend exploring Boston.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Visiting “kids” for early Thanksgiving!

Great location and neighborhood. Steve was a great communicator for check in and out. Amazing neighborhood , great for walking and bike station was right outside, enabling us to bike along the river into Boston. Bed, pillows were very comfy. Fancy , warm bidet features were nice! Would highly recommend !
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Charming

Old time harm in a lovely neighborhood!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfortable townhome on bus line

We enjoyed our stay at this lovely townhome. The beds and couch were extremely comfortable and being across the street was super convenient. The host was very responsive and provided a lot of good information. The only thing we didn’t like about the place was the shower- it was difficult to get in and out of and was a little too intense and “complicated” for us. Overall a great stay!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location

We had a nice stay near Harvard Square. Steve was very responsive and helpful. The space is not large and people with mobility issues should know that the shower requires going up a couple of steps to get into the tub. It’s a very well equipped apartment but people should be comfortable using remote controls. Having a parking space was great!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Home Base for our Family Trip

Really lovely and charming place to stay, I appreciate honoring the old beauty and modernizing the conveniences we are used to. The bathroom was a true sanctuary- I had to lead a four hour workshop for 240 people, so soaking in that Japanese Tub afterwards soothed my stress. The beds were comfortable, as was the couch, I took a few naps on the couch. The rooms were nice and spacious and our family of four were very comfortable. We didn't cook much, but the home is so centrally located that it's an easy walk and/or an easy uber eats delivery with lots of options. There was clear signage across the unit (that wasn't obnoxious, because I've stayed in places where I felt scolded) and also my favorite part was how responsive our host was. A quick text and a quick answer and also the grace to hold our luggage after check out. Overall, highly recommend and looking forward to our next trip.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 22 May 2022
You all were amazing guests! Thank you for staying with us!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This property worked perfectly for my family of 5. It is an apartment within a larger home located in a quaint and quiet neighborhood. The descriptions about the rental are accurate in terms of of the layout and the accessibility to transportation. We appreciated being able to have access to and park our rental car on the property, while being close enough to use public transportation. Have the joint washer/dryer was very helpful for our family. My teenagers thought the shower was magical. The beds were comfy as can be. My 3rd son used the provided air mattress and slept in the living room. The kitchen is small, but has everything one needs to make a meal at home. The apartment's associated porch is small, but it is easy enough to step around back and enjoy the back patio.Communication and check in/out were a breeze.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location for a weekend in Cambridge!

This house was the perfect location for walking to downtown Cambridge and for taking the T transit system to downtown Boston. Thank you for the friendly hospitality!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 14 Apr 2023
Hi Kim! Was great hosting you! We hope to see you again one day!
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Cleanliness, location
Disliked: Listing accuracy

Not recommended, not even remotely 'luxury'

I wanted so much to be excited about this place and I was until we arrived. But the minute I got to the door I realized it's not at all how it's represented online. The location is probably the best characteristic - we enjoyed walking around Cambridge, although it's a somewhat long, but nice, walk through the neighborhood to Harvard Yard, and very far from MIT. The place itself is not nice. Don't be deceived by the cute external architecture - the entrance is not even at the front and you don't get to even have access to the front windows or second floor. It's just a rather dilapidated back entrance to a part of the house in the back through the parking space. The kitchen is renovated but dated and dark. The bathroom is really weird - the toilet has a heated seat (which is fine since it was really the only warm thing in the apartment the first day we were there) but weirdly automatic, and the shower is just strange - you walk up some steps into a deep copper box with a very complicated 'rain shower' that took forever to heat up and figure out. The living room was unusable with a very bizarre L-shaped velvet red couch right out of Soviet Moscow. And while the murphy beds weren't uncomfortable, the bed rooms are rickety and oddly furnished. Why is there a swivel desk chair and no desk? The place is just oddly decorated throughout and, as a designer, I can't say it's a cool or creative oddness, it's just odd and mismatched. The towels need upgrading and we were freezing the first 24 hours with no response from the host until the next day. The entrance codes were not listed on the Vrbo app or in the reservation, and they came in an email not through Vrbo but from the host directly and ended up in my spam so I had no way of knowing how to get into the house and the host was not responsive. So in sum, for the very HIGH cost for this location, it's WAY over priced for what you get. Either the price needs to come way down or there needs to be significant upgrades to rationalize the high cost. I don't recommend it until one of those two things happens. There is NOTHING LUXURY about this place.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 14 Apr 2023
We had issues with this guest which resulted in the reply I"m guessing. Our kitchen is freshly remodeled and has book matched mahogany cabinets. The toilet is a TOTO bidet toilet from Japan and the deep tub is a hand-made copper Ofuro/japanese soaking tub. Our victorian has two units in it. This one does have windows to the front and access to the front, but, yes, the front door is off the back driveway.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location; quiet neighborhood; comfortable!

We had a great stay at Steve's place - an old, beautiful home with upgrades everywhere. The murphy beds were so comfortable - soft sheets and bedding - and folded down into a large desk (and the monitor/keyboard/mouse attachments were already there!) Beautiful upgraded bathroom and bidet; cosy patios; very clean. The best feature for our trip was the location of the BlueBikes station right outside the door - we biked all over Cambridge searching for housing and only used an Uber to get to/from airport! We will stay again! Host super responsive about storing luggage, codes, etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice quiet location in Cambridge

We arrived on Christmas day via Uber to the property and after figuring out that you enter from the back porch off of the driveway (yes, it was in the instructions), and we were all set for our 1 week stay in the Boston area. Bonus: Steve left us a nice bottle of champagne, which we saved for New Year's Eve. The location is nice and quiet but it seems to have another rental upstairs (just from the amount of people coming in and out of the front door) but they did not bother us. The 2 bedrooms have comfortable queen murphy beds. My daughter slept on the couch but did not pull the couch out to make a small bed. It was nice to have a smart TV to watch after spending the day visiting Boston and the surrounding area. There is 1 bathroom and an awkward sink area, which was a little tough with 2 teenagers but we were able to make it work. Adding a few more mirrors and better lighting in the bedrooms might be a good idea so people could get ready in their room vs. just in the bathroom. Like the description says, it is a 1890's home so you need to treat it with care. It was very warm and cozy but they may want to upgrade the towels, pillows and blankets to make it more comfortable...especially for a visiting family. We rented a car for 2 days so we could visit Newport and Steve was nice to let us park in the space at the home Tuesday & Wednesday evening. One minor problem was that the person who parked in the spot did not get the message so we had to street park until they moved the car. But that was not the owner's fault. The home is in a great location with a Harvard station bound bus stop across the street or you could walk just shy of 1 mile to the Harvard station. We only took the bus a few times and mostly walked everywhere. Super easy with a Charlie pass to get into Boston and we spent the majority of our time in the city. The neighborhood is residential but there is a cute place to get "unfancy" coffee up the street along with a decent pizza place on the other side. We had Chinese our 1st night but since it was Christmas, we had a 2.5 hour wait for takeout. We did not use the kitchen or coffee maker at all but everything you need is there if you want to cook or eat in the home. Overall, we had a great stay and appreciated Steve's hospitality. I'm sure the neighborhood and the home's gardens are spectacular in the summer.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stylish apartment in best Cambridge location

Steve’s apartment was a great place for our family of four. Highlights: the high tech bathroom, dreamy comfortable beds, functional kitchen, huge TV, off street parking and location in a gorgeous, walkable neighborhood. Highly recommend!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect condo and neighborhood

The owner was very responsive and the condo was immaculate. We enjoyed the aesthetic - very conducive to relaxation after a full day of exploration.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Perfect!

This house was perfect for our stay. It was very clean and well stocked with everything we needed. It fit our family of five great and my kids were enthralled with all the fun gadgets! The location was also great—we walked to several places the first day, but were also able to drive to further locations because it has a parking spot. The owner was very helpful and left lots of information of things to do and how to get there. We had a blast there!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 26 Mar 2020
Hi Tera, Thank you so much for staying with us! It was a pleasure having your family stay with us! I hope to see you all again one day! Steve
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, communication
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024
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