Super neighborhood, dumpy accomodations
I stayed in one of the rooms at Copley House at the end of June. We were looking for a small suite style accommodation. If it could be historic, all the better. When we checked in we were told that the unit that had been reserved was not available. We specifically needed two beds and they told us that there were none available. After we protested they went ahead and gave us a room that was reserved for a different party. I can only assume that is what happened to our room. The desk attendant was clearly overwhelmed and was having a hard time dealing with checking us in at the same time that another party was arriving. He kept mumbling to himself about how "nobody else was doing their job right" and "how was he expected to deal with this" and "what am I to do". Very unprofessional in front of guests. Oh, and while we were waiting another guest walked into the office. We struck up a conversation with them to find out that they spent the majority of their first evening without a/c.
We eventually got our room keys and walked the short distance to our assigned room. We were on the third floor. The first staircase was ok, the second began to look and feel as if it were structurally unsound. By the time we reached the third staircase there were obvious gaps where the railing was pulling away from the stairs and the stairs themselves were slanting downward to the right at such a severe angle that one really had to question if they were safe. It really would have been interesting to navigate those stairs with a few drinks in you. The room was picked up, but not what I would call clean. One of the cabinet doors in the mini kitchen was coming off its hinges and the whole place was just kind of shabby.
All that said, the neighborhood was great. Very close to the Green and Orange subway lines making getting around the city on public transportation very easy. many good restaurants in the neighborhood and a convenient grocery two blocks away where we purchased breakfast food to prepare in our mini-kitchen. Nice park across the street and a laundromat one block the other direction. This could have been a perfect place to stay but we were just so disappointed in the condition of the room, about the quality of a pretty bad college apartment.
Judging by the mix of reviews maybe they have some apartments that are in better shape and some, like ours, that are not.