This was a very good experience. Grace, the host, was very helpful, and even offered to take me and the other two people living there shopping, cooked dinner one night, gave me lots of free coupons for food, some cinema tickets and other things. Now this is probably not part of the deal for everyone, I might have just been lucky with the coupons, but you can most certainly count on Grace being an attentive and friendly host.

The house is very nice. Especially compared to other places in Queens or Brooklyn that go for the same price.

Compared to what I have found in those areas, this place is much better. The rooms, kitchen and bathrooms are much bigger and cleaner, and for me, I also found it a huge plus that there is plenty of cheap shopping nearby. I am not exaggerating when saying its probably half price of what you typically pay in Queens/Brooklyn for groceries.

The area feels very safe day and night. Its not exactly beautiful, but there is always lots of people on the streets, and there are plenty of 24 hour stores, restaurants, pharmacies etc. all the way up Kennedy Boulevard.

It´s an easy commute into Manhattan with the PATH train. 12-15 mins to WTC and a bit more to 33rd street. On the weekends it is somewhat slower as the trains go via Hoboken, but that´s about the only negative I can think of. And Hoboken is actually quite nice, has lots of good bars and small cozy places, and also a fantastic walk along the waterfront with amazing views of Manhattan, so it might actually be a bonus besides the 10 minute longer train rides ... I recommend to go there for sightseeing if you happen to get on the PATH train in the weekend :)

The house has different guests staying there in three different rooms, but there are good house-rules about cleanliness and no-noice-after-11PM, so everything worked smoothly. And it is nice that there are two shared bathrooms. I never experienced having to wait for a bathroom, which is something that happens often in other places with several tenants and only one bathroom.

I think this place is very good value for the money, there really was not any negatives I can think of. Everything is as described in the add, and Grace was very helpful and a great host throughout my stay.