Our stay at Nicolas and Desiree's place was fantastic. It is a self contained ground floor flat in their building, with all the needed amenities. There is a corner shop right next door which was useful for if we wanted to eat in. There are some restaurants and other shops a 5-10 min walk away. We used this as a base for visiting NYC, you can get a bus into the city from just outside the apartment, but we preferred walking 10 min to the PATH train which takes you straight into the city. As it is pretty much self contained we could come and go as we pleased without worrying about disturbing our hosts. We only met Nicolas, who was a perfect host. We had an issue with the door code, which he sorted out for us very efficiently. We would definitely stay here again!