Seveer was very nice and accommodating. The house is beautiful and exceptionally clean -- just how it looks in the photos. All of the people in the neighborhood were very friendly to me, and I didn't have any problems, though more skittish people who aren't used to urban areas should note that this is a neighborhood undergoing the process of gentrification. It is also quite a trek from the nearest subway station (about 1.3 miles), though there are lots of buses that stop within a block of the house.

This experience was not exactly what I was expecting. It was not until I arrived that I found out I would be staying in Seveer's bedroom (he was on a couch in the basement) instead of one of the guest rooms. A friend of his was staying in the basement, and another Airbnb guest was in the upstairs guest room -- essentially, he overbooked the place. He did not mention this to me when we talked on the phone, but did mention that the other Airbnb guest would be upstairs, which led me to believe that I would have lots of privacy and my own bathroom in the basement. Instead I was sharing a bathroom with Seveer and the other Airbnb guest upstairs, and had very little room to put everything that I brought for my 5.5 week stay (and no room at all in the bathroom). He also stayed in his bedroom while I was in New York for the weekend without asking me if it would be okay or telling me that he was staying there (I found out from the other guest). The place was very nice, and I got along well with Seveer, but I wish he would have at least told me about this before I arrived.