Enjoy Downtown Concord without breaking the bank! Step into New England history at this Colonial built in 1855, while still enjoying modern amenities and the comforts of home. First floor of the house is owner-occupied and locked off from guests. The second floor has a separate entrance, shared bathroom, storage, and three locking bedrooms rented individually. This listing, Room #2, includes the original hardwood, a queen bed, desk, closet, mini-fridge, microwave, WiFi, heat/AC, tv, and more. The space Guests will use a keypad to enter the front door off Pearl Street and proceed upstairs. The second floor has three guest rooms that are rented individually. Guests will have shared access to the entryway, upstairs landing, and a full bathroom. Guests are welcome to use the portable washing machine provided in the bathroom to clean small loads of clothes at no cost, using the spin cycle and laundry rack to dry. This listing is for a private room, Room #2. This corner room measures roughly 11.5x14.5 for 165 square feet, and features the original pre-civil war hardwood floors. Stay here to... Sleep comfortably on your room's queen bed with linens, pillows, and extra blankets. Use your room's white noise machine and air purifier to get things just right. Work remotely on your room's desk and chair using our mesh wifi network (with Comcast's Performance Pro service, which advertises 400 mbps). Eat and drink easily using your room's 2-door mini-fridge/freezer and microwave. You also have access to the common area with a keurig coffee maker, electric kettle, ice machine and toaster -- plus plenty of restaurants in comfortable walking distance. Store your belongings easily in your room's dresser, chest of drawers, and closet. We can give access to additional storage by request as well. Control your temperature with your room's baseboard heaters (thermostat for floor in shared hallway), window AC, supplemental space heater, and fan. Feel secure with your room's keypad-locked door and additional chain lock. Take a break to enjoy your room's 32” smart hd fire tv, borrow games and reading materials from the shared hallway, or head out to enjoy downtown! Guest access I live with my wife Amber on the first floor, which is locked off from guest access. Guests are basically welcome to go into any area that is unlocked -- the entryway, upstairs landing, the shared bathroom, and whatever room they are renting. During your stay I live on the first floor of the house with my wife Amber and our son Leo. Our space is locked off and totally separate from the second-floor guest area with a separate entrance. Both the exterior house door to the second floor and your private room have keypad locks, so contactless check-in and check-out is easy. We don't end up meeting most guests, so introverts welcome, but we're only a message away if anything comes up. Other things to note Please keep in mind this listing is for street parking only. I'm going to put a lot of information here, but don't get intimidated because 95% of the time it isn't that complicated. Most guests just park for free on Pearl Street, the street our house is on. -Point your car the direction of traffic, westbound (Pearl is one-way only). -Park on the left/south side of the road (traffic drives along the righthand side, and there are "no parking signs" on the right). -In the neighborhood it is common practice to park for any sort of duration. However, please be aware signs are posted saying that from 7am to midnight, you're only supposed to park for 3 hours at a time. As long as you are otherwise parked legally, we have never heard of this being enforced. -January 1 through March 15, parking is not allowed on Pearl so that snow plows can get through. Another good free parking option is North State Street. -Two houses west of us, Pearl Street comes to a T-intersection with North State. -Along the near/east side of North State, parking is allowed and clearly marked (except right at intersections or blocking driveways, like any road). -No limits to worry about on duration or season are posted for North State, so this is a safe option for the particularly risk-averse. The overwhelming majority of guests park on Pearl or North State, but there are some backup options around as well with more free parking. -Beacon Street starts two houses South down North State. -Washington Street is parallel to Pearl, one block south. -Franklin Street is parallel to Pearl, one block north. Winter Storm Event Parking Bans Maybe a dozen times a year, the City of Concord issues a Winter Storm Event Parking Ban when there will be a blizzard that plows will have a hard time keeping up with overnight. -We will notify guests, and the city will publish alerts -From midnight to 7am, no street parking is allowed anywhere in the city. -The city opens up their garages and lots for free, a map is available in our guidebook. -During these blizzards, we'll open up the right half of our driveway for guests. It can fit three cars, but blocking each other in, so we'll have to coordinate schedules if there are multiple people staying with cars. That was a lot of detail, but it basically boils down to: just use common sense and parking should be straightforward.