Thanks Raymond for the stay. While it was a reasonable experience in general, I do have some reservations.
The good things:
1. Close to Broad Street and not too far from Newark Penn station. There's a bus stop right next to the house as well.
2. Not too far from Newark downtown. Having a quick lunch was not a big deal at all.
3. Nice French decor. The place - though a bit oldish - seemed clean and quiet.
The not so good things:
1. In the future, it would be good to provide the size of the room in sq. feet in the listing. That would give a clear idea on how big the room is. The wide-angle pics tend to inflate the size.
2. The chair in the room is horribly uncomfortable. One cannot sit on it for more than 30 minutes. I tried to work on it on my laptop but I had to move to the bed. A more comfortable chair is in order.
3. Excessive emphasis has been placed on getting the decor right. While the French setting is appreciated, the room should be advertised with a cautionary note about not being suitable for doing office work. It is very small and lacks a table (it has a small long board attached to the wall instead). The room is so small, the microwave and fridge have been stuffed inside the closet (this fact has not been shown in the pics when the room was advertised). Just to add to that, the room is so small, the guest will have problems finding space to put the iron stand to iron his/her clothes.
4. The pool table was in a room which was inaccessible to guests. Moreover that room, from afar, seemed a bit like storage (i.e., it did not look neat and clean like it was shown in the photo). I would argue it doesn't make sense to show this room in the advertisement.
5. The area with blue sofas outside also seemed to be inaccessible. I would argue that it doesn't make sense to put photos of this area of the house which is inaccessible to the guest anyway.