Jack and Francesca were friendly, always communicative, readily available and very welcoming hosts. The apartment was large, with a very welcome private garden at the back, in very fine decorative order and spacious of course. Air conditioning throughout was powerfully effective, useful given the high humidity for the time of year.

Jack and Francesca kindly stocked the kitchen with plenty of useful comestibles (wine, coffee and several mornings' worth of breakfast being the most important!) and Jack in particular was very helpful in providing advice for the local area and advising on entrance to several of New York's museums.

Their Upper West Side neighbourhood is as they described it, smart, safe and convenient, with everything you'd need either a 10 minute walk or a 10 min cab ride, or anything in between. The part of Central Park that's closest by, right over Central Park West, is also lovely.

I'd be delighted to book with them again the next time I expect to be in New York.