We are a family with 4 young kids and 2 dogs. We enjoyed our 2 night stay here and loved the location with respect to the neighborhood (the Hyde Park area is beautiful and has lots to offer in terms of restaurants, shops, parks) and being able to walk to several great restaurants and stores located within a block of the house. The home is well-appointed and has everything you need for a comfortable stay (although, having a toilet/half-bath located right next to the stove where the pantry likely used to be was a bit odd even though it was nice to have a 2nd toilet in the house). Our only real complaint about the house involved the backyard. Since we brought our dogs, the fact that there were several gaps in the fence around the yard and the gate, at first, wouldn't close all the way (my husband was able to force it closed eventually), was a problem particularly with the busy road so close by. We ended up just keeping the dogs on leashes and walking them in the front whenever they needed to go outside. Not a big deal, overall, but we might have chosen a different property to rent had we known upfront that the yard wasn't fully enclosed/secure.