The place was beautiful and left me wanting to rent it if I lived there. It was safe, although there is an adjoining room next to yours which the house has access to do there is no way to lock the rest of the house out, only they can lock it from their end which made me just a little nervous, but as for your door to the unit the goes to the outside it’s very safe and secure. However, just something to note you are told via sign on the fridge once you get there that the heater when it turns on produces noise. You also hear walking up and down the stairs above the unit. If you are a lite sleeper like myself, it will wake you out of your sleep as it’s loud. Also, another take away, the clearance space from the shower to the tub is very tight so if you are wide or a bigger person you may not fit to sit on toilet. Finally, the morning of check out which is 11 am.. right at 10:30 loud music was blasted from the room beside me and I’m not sure if that was their alarm to me or what but if I wanted to sleep a little longer or have a phone call that was not going to be an option. You can hear through those thin NY walls. The host was kind though, and she kept my luggage for me until my flight. Thanks again!!