The room was nicely kept but the location and surrounding area can be sketchy at night. Please, if you've never been to Newark and/or NYC, try to plan your routes ahead of time if you're wanting to rely on public transit (apps to get: NJTransit & RidePATH). There were a few times we arrived back to Penn Station after 11pm and had to walk back to our room (roughly a 18-20min walk) since no lyfts were available & waiting for the buses felt very risky. If you're lucky you can potentially find a few E-Scooters along the sidewalk to get you back sooner.
As for our hosts, there were very kind and accommodating. They let us know as soon as our room was ready & were even going to let us drop our bags off since our flight in to EWR was earlier than the standard check in time. they were also very prompt & helpful whenever we had questions or needed help with anything! I'll definitely keep these hosts in mind whenever I plan my next trip into the city!