The apartment was just as depicted: elegantly and comfortably appointed and with ample storage space.

Water pressure was OK, but not great, however the water heats up very quickly, and the temperature is easy to control.

The apartment was clean and mostly quiet, however you can hear the neighbors upstairs walking and shifting objects, and they were doing this a lot, including at night. But overall the building and the street are quiet and we had no trouble sleeping.

The location couldn't be better: a mere couple blocks from the Grove subway station that on weekdays takes you to the World Trade Center in two stops, roughly ten minutes. It's practically like living in Manhattan (in fact, it is probably a faster access to downtown Manhattan than many areas of Manhattan itself).

The apartment is below street level and the windows beside the bed open up to the street. The street is quiet, but by no means empty, so passers-by are able to see into the apartment if the shutters are not closed; for this reason, we kept the shutters closed most of the time. Some sunlight still reached the living space from the adjacent kitchen.

The neighborhood is central: Jersey City's city hall is a mere block away, where on the last day of our stay, the Jersey City gay pride festival took place, to our delight.

I'll be remiss if I didn't mention the following encounter. On the first day of our stay a rattled teenager approached us as we were leaving the apartment and said had just been robbed of his cellphone by a masked man. We walked him to the nearest police car and left him with the cops. Apart from this incident, we felt no sense of danger or insecurity walking to and from the apartment, even when returning home late at night.

The Wi-Fi was fast and worked flawlessly.

We were allowed a considerably late check-out in exchange for some fee. This was arranged far in advance of our arrival.

We had a very pleasant stay at Francois and Bob's place, and we would recommend the place to our friends.