We enjoyed our time in Ali's loft!
Unfortunately Ali was out of town so we did not get a chance to meet her but she was very accommodating and let us check in early and check out late to work with our flight arrival and departures, which was very helpful!
Julia her cleaning lady was finishing up when we got there and kindly showed us around before she left. The loft was clean, sunny and comfortable — but also a fourth floor walk up! Because going up and down the 90 (!!) steep stairs was really tiring for us, we did not spend much time at the loft. Instead of using the space is a place to chill between activities we instead stayed out all day and really only used the loft for sleeping.
We never got a chance to cook or use the kitchen, which did seem well equipped and stocked.The loft was relatively quiet except for a guy that shows up early in the morning and sits on the corner of Grand and the Bowery, playing some sort of the screeching, loud violin. We got ear plugs after the first night and the rest of the time we slept perfectly.
We’d recommend Ali’s place to anyone willing to overlook it’s quirks (violin guy and lots and lots of steps) in favor of its many good qualities.