I stayed at Jasons for 2 weeks and was very comfortable. I use to live in the city, so I knew the location was going to be amazing. Great restaurants, shopping, , conveniences-such as the famous Bigalow Pharmacy , and walking distance to the Whitney and the Highline., Union square farmers market, Chelsea Market. Jason was an amazing host. I had my privacy, yet when we ran into each other in the kitchen he was great to talk to, and had a lot of great suggestions for restaurants- he's a foodie and a cook as well, and I liked having his beautiful paintings around. And he went out of his way to help me when I had to get a rather large box to the post office, he carried it over for me- so yes, he's above and beyond. Also loved his super intelligent dog, Medea. Always nice to have a little doggy love around. Expect street noise, after all this is NYC and the apartment is one floor up- but there was also a nice sound field, which surprised me. I guess because its not on a main avenue. So not constant traffic, just peoples voices and always, as everywhere in NYC, the nightly garbage truck.