It was easy to find the address and Vitaliy was prompt on receiving us.
The apartment was as described .When we came back in the evening we found the AC not working and we were dripping in sweat.When I called him to help us with the AC ,it needed a bit of effort including us willing to pay the taxi fare for him to come and fix it.We were going to move into a hotel if its not fixed.Eventually with some trouble shooting it started working again.We thanked heavens.

The next day morning we heard from him that the gas stove was leaking and the fire dept workers were in the apt issuing tickets and ConEd workers were there to fix the issue.We didn't even use the stove and we didn't need it during the rest of our stay.

When we came in the evening ,we were so tired we went to bed straight.But I couldn't find my Mac Book air laptop which I left with other magazines and books in the apt.When I called Vitaliy,he said I should call ConEd.We could never locate my lap top.

Our host was seemingly reluctant to address our difficulties.I have travelled all over including developing countries ,but I have never lost a device of any kind.It was a bad feeling to lose your laptop.

But overall our experience was good.May be it was our bad luck all these happened.But the host reluctance to address the guests difficulties like malfunctioning AC etc., was probably the most unattractive part of our experience.

The apartment per se was pretty spacious and we liked the small luxuries like Microwave,Fridge and an electric Kettle which you may not get in an average Manhattan hotel room.