Overall experience with Elisa was fine, Milo, the cat, is super friendly and despite the room being small (2x2) the house is nice and neat. Her roommate wasn't in town when we were there so his room was also rented, we didn't know about this but it was fine, other guests were friendly as well.
The subway wasn't working well since the nearest station is being under constructions but it wasn't that big of a problem. Under regular circumstances you will be able to get anywhere in Manhattan in less than half an hour.