Overall, Sarah's place is functional and well-equipped, but most of it's a bit weathered, and the building doesn't maintain the apartment super well.
Earlier reviews mentioned peeling paint on the ceilings, and the good news is that that's fixed now! However, when we first got there I was surprised by how bad it was, with layers of paint flaking off of every inch of the bathroom ceiling. Right at the end of our rather long stay, a new issue started developing with water dripping in from the top of the window frame in the bedroom; hopefully Sarah will be able to get the building to fix this issue more promptly.
Sarah was always friendly and responsive as a host. In particular, she did a great job of coordinating the ceiling repainting, making it clear that it could wait if it wasn't convenient for us and watching the apartment while the work was happening.
The full size bed isn't fancy but it's fine. The A/C is in the bed area; it works well, even in a heat wave, and it's surprisingly quiet.
The studio apartment is laid out well, with a partial room divider between the bed and couch/TV areas, and the kitchen as a separate room.
The kitchen is well equipped, with full size appliances, everything you need for cooking, and a little dining table area. The tap water tastes bad, which is very unusual for NYC; there's a water filter provided, which helped a bit, but we still ended up buying bottled water (in gallon jugs) from the bodega around the corner for all our drinking water and cooking.
The shower is okay, except that the hot water will cut out for up to 30 seconds at a time sometimes, approximately every other shower. The wooden toilet seat is starting to fall apart, but the top side of it is mostly intact, so it's usable but a little gross.
The desk area is handy; while the desk and chair have both seen better days, they work fine, even for doing a day of work on a laptop.
Accessibility note: the building has an elevator, which works 95% of the time, but you have to go up a few steps at the building entrance to get to the elevator.