Alina's place is great, we were initially a little worried about the Carbon Monoxide alarm, since we read about it in the reviews that it went off a couple of times, and also the issue with the noise from upstairs, none of them were problems to us, we were at Alina's place for 3 days and heard no noise from upstairs, no alarm at all, and she was as welcoming as she could be, answered all our texts really fast and made sure we were always comfortable. Great host and great place, it's really affordable and a really big place as well, will definitely be staying here again when we come back to NYC