Frances is a very helpful host. We connected through mobile before we started to dirve to her house. When we had difficulites to find her house, she drove to the place we stayed and guided us to her house. She drove us to show the bus stop, metro and sent us to the place we planned to visit (about 20 minutes' drive) the 2nd morning. The house is about 5-8 minutes walk to the bus stop. You can park the car outside the house for free and no need to move the car. This is very important since parking cost in Manhattan is really expensive. The house has all necessasities. Frances prepared water and juice for us, keeping them in the small refrigerator.