Rented Balram's house for a 2-night stay with my family before a wedding. We wanted a spacious, functional, well-located family house in Manhattan, and everything was adequate. As an Airbnb Superhost, I'd like to highlight the pros and cons since our experience with the house was not as enjoyable as we would have liked. I just don't want to sugarcoat, because we would not book again. Everything was OK, but the interiors are far from charming.

Pros:
- Spacious. 3 large bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
- Location. Tree lined street central to many Manhattan attractions
- Kitchen appliances all worked
- Adequate amount of clean towels and sheets were provided, although bottom of the line in terms of quality and feel
- Flatscreen TVs in every room with cable TV
- Central air conditioning, although multiple thermostat instructions were confusing but worked
- Laundry in unit, but bring your own detergent

Cons:
- Check-in confusing. Never met Balram. A guy working for the mortgage company below spotted me ringing the doorbell and passed me to another guy in the mortgage company who saw me into the house. Would have been better just to email me check-in and check-out instructions with codes ahead of time so I wouldn't be wondering up to the last minute.
- A few oddities: Upstairs bedrooms do not have door handles, downstairs powder room door is extremely heavy and hard to open and close. My niece jammed her finger on it.
- Bathrooms are dated and could use a deep cleaning and some upgrades
- Wifi does not work in all 2nd floor bedrooms
- Balconies are not very inviting. We never used them although would have if they were setup for comfortable seating
- The house is not lived in, optimized for functionality over comfort. For example, fluorescent lighting throughout, even in the nightstand lamps, commercial grade paper products, huge outdoor trashcan in the kitchen
- Having lived in NYC for 6 years, I was skeptical of the door locks on the exterior doors. We did not have any safety issues, but a few women in the family were concerned about security.

Overall, if you want a large, functional space in a great location, this place is for you.