I did my research before moving in, now I pass my knowledge along to you:…read more CONS: - The internet signal is spotty, depending on where you are in the building - While you can forward your mail in, you can't forward it out. - Cannot use the kitchen after 10 PM - No candles, irons, hot plates, rice cookers, space heaters, or microwaves allowed in your room - No alcohol allowed on the premises - Although they have coin-operated washing machines in the basement, there are no dryers - You are not allowed to leave your cooking unattended, so don't even think about preheating the oven and then going to the bathroom! - Monthly room checks to make sure you aren't breaking the rules - No men above the lobby - but you can entertain guests on the first floor PROS: - Great location, only a 2-3 minute walk from the Kenmore T stop - Very quiet - Affordable - Other lodgers are mostly kind and friendly - Full use of the three kitchens, including stove/oven, microwave, refrigerator, and toaster oven - Although the entrance doesn't seem to be handicap accessible, there are two elevators inside - Entrance monitored at all times and locked at night - security cameras, too. - Huge closets - Furnished - More private than your typical house share/roommate situation - Bathroom is cleaned twice a day by cleaning staff - No evidence of bedbugs or vermin of any kind I haven't had any problems with administration - everyone has been friendly, kind, helpful, and polite. I am super nice to them all, just in case! Mr. Guy is an absolute doll and will go out of his way to get you what you need, even without being asked. Yes, there are often a lot of annoying signs posted around, admonishing ladies for not cleaning up their messes, parking in front of the building, etc. If they don't apply to you, ignore them. Sometimes they are useful, like warning about parking bans, room inspections, or "anti-terrorist training exercises" happening nearby. The bottom line is, we're lucky that places like OLGH still exist, and I wish there were more of them. Are you sick and need to be close to your doctors in Boston? OLGH is there for you. Are you escaping an abusive relationship? OLGH is there. Are you a student but you're on a waiting list for a dorm? OLGH is the answer. You can sign a lease quickly and move in the next day if you need to. Don't expect to live in the lap of luxury, but do expect a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in, a kitchen to use, and running water. (I have had no issues with water temperatures as of yet.) OTHER TIPS: - Bring toilet paper and carry it with you to the bathroom; it is not supplied - You can have a mini fridge in your room, if you're worried about your food being stolen from the community fridge, which can happen. - Although space heaters are prohibited, the lease DOES NOT prohibit electric blankets, curling irons, or flat (hair) irons. - If you bring your own A/C (or rent one from the building) you'll have to pay extra for electric every month. If you buy your own fan/window fan, you don't. I'll update this sporadically if I think of anything else.

You get for what you pay for- it's an affordable living space. Honestly, the house is really old…read moreand worn down. Recently a girl fell threw a glass pane near the hallway doors and had to go to the hospital. The glass here is old and isn't shatter proof so she impaled herself with glass. There's probably various health and safety violations due to the house being so old and ill kept. The rooms are private but pretty gross- when I moved in there was chipped paint, dirt everywhere, and a suspiciously stained carpet. A lot of girls I know had rooms with broken furniture and blinds. The house has free WiFi but it rarely works, if you want a reliable connection to the internet you'll either have to get a hot spot or a router. If you ask the landlord she'll hook you up with Xfinity and they'll deliver a router to you that you can plug up to the coax cable in your room. It gets really hot in the summer. You can either rent of buy your own window A/C unit and the maintained guy will install it for you. The bathrooms are communal like in a dorm. Toilet paper isn't provided, so unless you make a pact with your neighbor you'll have to remember to bring it in with you each time you need to go. Kitchens are communal as well- there's one on the 1st, 4th, 5th and maybe 6th floor. The largest is one the first and the others are kind of small. They all can get super crowded during meal time and if you leave things out in the kitchen or communal areas it will probably get stolen. Fridge space is very limited- you can ask the landlord if they have one for you to use but they rarely have them so you're better off buying your own mini fridge and putting it in your room. The communal areas are professionally cleaned, but honestly pretty much all the staff here don't care much for the tenant's comfort and are just phoning it in. Some of them are friendly, but others are incredibly rude and unprofessional. They have street parking behind the building if you have a car, you'll need to get a Fenway/kenmore resident parking permit to use it though. This is not an ideal place if you want to keep a car though- there's lots of parking rules about which side of the street you can park on and at which times. It's really easy to rack up parking tickets- also space is super limited. It's possible but I wouldn't recommend it. The no guests rule is annoying but it does keep it quiet and not a party house. The community of girls that live here are really nice- it's a great way to meet people who are new to Boston. I've meet a lot of friends through the house. Most tenants are early 20s students to young professionals or interns- most are also international. There are some older women who live here too, some are really sweet but others are mentally ill and kind of unhinged. Over all the positives are that it's a safe place to live in a really great location in the city for a great price- it's really close to the Fenway T stop and Newbury street. The rooms are pretty private as well and the community of other tenants that live here are really friendly. The negatives are just everything else.

Harvard housing is plentiful in Cambridge. Harvard pretty much owns all the real estate that you…read morecan see, so there are a lot of options to choose from. 10 Akron St is a brand new residence hall available to Harvard grad students, faculty, and staff. It's first year of operation was the 2008/2009 school year. Unsurprisingly, it feels like a brand new dorm. Everything is clean and works. There is AC and heat that you get to control! Study rooms and outdoor patio areas with beautiful views of the Charles. There are HDTV flatscreens in the common rooms and kitchens placed throughout the halls for the occasional late-night study party. There are even 3x3x3ft storage lockers for each room in the basement (I store my folded up shipping boxes there). The kitchen is well-equipped with a full-size refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher. (Beware: a lot of Harvard dorms do not have dishwashers). There are large 11' windows that pour light into the bedrooms. The location is great. It's right on the Charles and a 10-15 minute walk from Harvard Square and Central Square. There's a Whole Foods and Shaws within 5 minutes walk. The only downside I can imagine is the size of the apartments. I have a two-bedroom convertible, which means that there are two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom. No living room. The bedrooms are ~11' x 15.5' and the kitchen is about 10' x 10'. The hallway opens to the kitchen and then the two bedrooms and bathroom are off of that. This means that my flatmate and I spend most of our time in our rooms. This hasn't been a problem at all for us but I can see how it might be for some. The way I figure, most of my free time is spent out in Harvard Sq. I have the option of studying in my room or, when I'm bugging out, going to a nearby study room for isolation with my books. Even dining hasn't proved to be a problem. I love to cook and have enjoyed using the kitchen. In my room, I have a dining room table in addition to all the normal bedroom stuff that allows me to dine in a fancy fashion when I like. Having seen a few of the other halls, I can say that I think HRES has done a pretty good job pricing these places. You get what you pay for. At 10 Akron, you get a great, clean dorm that functions very well but is a little different design than the tradition two-bedroom apartment. Rent includes all utilities and internet access, as well as, cable TV in the common rooms. It works well for me and I've enjoyed living here.

Peabody Terrance is one of the best place to live on Harvard University campus. This residence is…read moreonly open to graduate students, which makes this place nice & quite. Graduate Commons Program (GCP) complimented my stay here. Every week GCP organizes events (game nights, movie nights, lecture series by Harvard Professors and other various socializer events) that are open to all residents. These events are free to attend as the funding for them comes from our rent. Location is ideal since it is close to the highway and 10 minutes walk from campus. Harvard shuttle connects Peabody Terrance with various parts of the campus, and you can track the shuttle real time via your cell. - Rent is all inclusive and property management is active to address all maintenance requests. - There is a massive parking garage, but monthly rent is required to park your car. - There is ample parking on the streets (before 9 PM), so I didn't pay for garage parking. Street parking requires city of Cambridge parking sticker, which you easily get from city of Cambridge parking office. Cons: 1. Non-stop construction on the facility. 2. No air conditioning. However, you can get an a/c unit with property management's approval.

We loved living in Peabody Terrace. We lived in one of the towers on the 13th floor in a 2BR…read moreApartment with an excellent view over both the river and Boston. The apartment wasn't big but still had enough storage. Kitchen and bathroom were quite newly renovated and very clean when we moved in. For us being a family with small children PT was perfect, we quickly became part of the welcoming and friendly community, attending lots fun events every week. Thank you PT Community!

I would like everyone know while looking for a place to stay for my son while attending College in…read moreBoston we found Lightview apartments. After researching multiple living accommodations we decided Lightview offered all the amenities our son would receive while staying in this Beautifully maintained Complex. The Main reason we chose this Living accommodation was due to the Highly Kind ,Courteous ,Educated workers who helped us navigate this Choice , after working with Maddie who Promptly answered every phone call , Email and Text message I knew this Was the right choice , while we were there to tour the facility all the workers we came in contact were so pleasant! We would like to thank Kamal as well for answering multiple questions we had. Keep up the Great Work ! This Facility is First Class !!!!!!!

Poor management and incredibly high price for nothing. My 3 roommates and I (all female) have…read morerepeatedly found management in our apartment, unannounced. Staff are misleading when it comes to the lease and roommates, they will basically say anything to get you to sign. Many of the other reviews are entirely accurate regarding how not worth it this apartment is. Rent was roughly $1.7k for a very tiny bed space, thin walls, and constantly breaking utilities. Move out is 2 weeks before any other leases start so my roommate has to worry about being essentially homeless for 2 weeks before we move into our new unit (far far away from Lightview).

Gorgeous yard! During the summer, I love sitting in one of the yard chairs and just reflect on…read morelife. It's even more serene during the night. You have a beautiful view of the sky and see several constellations. A lot of great memories and conversations were made at The Quad.

Still looks the same on the outside as it did back in the day. I lived here from 1985-1989. And I…read morehaven't been inside since. I hope BU has maintained it. But I can definitely report no paranormal activity during my four years there.

Gorgeous on the outside. Terrifying on the inside. The German house is home to amazing people but…read morethe building itself earns only one sad lonely star. It's nasty and gross and old and looks like a prison inside. Most of the rooms are spacious so that's nice, but it doesn't make up for the asylum type vibes inside. Also definitely haunted.

Truly a poorly designed building with consistent physical problems that plague residents. It's…read moresurprising that a university as well-resourced as MIT can't get right a concept as simple as grad student housing. Let's start with the most severe issues. Over my two years here, the hot water supply was severely inconsistent. At its worst, I went through most of one winter with at least 2 showers a week lacking hot water (in below-zero Boston temperatures, mind you). The building was also designed without a consideration for heat in the common spaces and bathrooms of the "suite" apartments, exacerbating the lack of hot water. When I reached out to management about the issue, the best they could do was offer me a mobile space heater, as it was a structural issue. Many students utilize a common kitchen on each floor, which for some strange reason is cleaned only on the weekdays but not on weekends, despite that being the time of highest use. As a result, the trash cans are typically overflowing by Sunday evening. Theft is also a large problem in the common kitchens - my friends and I had pots, pans, bowls, ingredients, and one time even a fork and spoon stolen! The staff and academic faculty living on site also generally take an attitude to management as if this is an undergraduate dorm, when most of the grad students living on site are actually in their mid-to-late 20s. One time, the front desk staff held back an urgent package from me for 3 days until they had 'time' to enter it into their system. That would be unacceptable at any traditional apartment building. There is also a no-alcohol policy in the common spaces, the active enforcement of which some of the on-site academic faculty seem to relish - their attitude towards students was truly often demeaning. (The house manager is friendly and helpful, however.) I made some good friends here, but I'd advise any future residents to steer clear. When you see the size and poor quality of finishes in the apartments, not to mention the location deep in Cambridgeport with no surrounding retail, you'll see that this is not necessarily a below-market offering.

Pros: - Recently built (2008), both exteriors and interiors…read moreappear new, clean and modern - Rents are reasonable for Cambridge - House manager is helpful and responsive via email - New laundry machines, easy to use with an app - Cardio room and weight room within the building, especially convenient during winter - I had a studio with a private kitchen so I never had to use the public kitchens - Easy trash system: Leave your bagged trash and recycling outside your door and housekeeping will pick it up early morning - Fast service requests: Clogged toilets were serviced and cleaned within 24 hours of sending a request - Personally I had no issues with hot water (though I did receive emails stating that some residents were affected and that they were working on a fix) - Safe neighborhood, a 10-minute walk to class - Probably the best MIT graduate dorm overall! Cons: - Frontdesk can take up to a day to log my packages, but usually I can pick it up within a few hours of delivery