The flat is decorated nicely (although the bathroom has lots of paint peeling off the walls etc) and everything works ok. I was a bit concerned about security as when we were in the flat the door from upstairs opened and the person who lives upstairs called down looking for Julian, so it was disconcerting to know that people could enter the apartment so easily although we were assured that our stuff was safe. The apartment is very noisy, we barely slept the first night as the people upstairs were stomping around and talking on the phone loudly at 1.30am. I had to go and buy earplugs to get through the rest of the week, although it wasn't as noisy after Julian spoke to the tenants upstairs but unfortunately every footstep and door closing is heard quite clearly. Julian was very helpful in this instance, although there were 2 times where he msgd to say he had to come into the flat during our stay (to pick up rubbish and get work things) which wasn't ideal. He ended up not coming in the end as we brought the rubbish out for him and asked him to wait until we checked out the next day to get the work things. Julian is a great guy and very friendly and full of information about NY. We really enjoyed watching movies on the projector. Overall though, I don't feel this apartment was worth what we paid for it.