Great value for the price: just a 10min walk from the M line that goes to the center of Manhattan, easy to transfer to anywhere in NY. Spacious basement well remodeled with a full kitchen and gas stove (highly appreciated for cooking cheap meals!), the essentials are there, multiple coffee making options, VERY comfortable bed in the bedroom, although the sofa bed in the living room is quite firm and may not suit everyone's taste.
The only thing guests should be aware of is the poor sound isolation between basement and upstairs: you can hear kids running, but Chiara is very aware of it and does a good job at keeping the noise down during night time. She is also very responsive and kindly accommodated our needs for silence in the mornings.
Overall we had a wonderful time and would definitely come back here in the future.