Edward is super friendly and the room is great -- huge amount of closet/drawer space, two large windows, newly painted. The actual apartment doesn't have a lot of common living space but there is a table with a couple of chairs in the kitchen. I stayed for 6 weeks so the only issue was not necessarily being able to communicate with people who were moving in or out (on food in the fridge, shared or not shared toiletries, kitchen cleanliness, etc.). It's a good place to be -- nice neighborhood (a 10 minute walk from the A train, 13 minutes from the G), and convenient to working in lower Manhattan (about a half hour commute door-to-door). There isn't air conditioning in the room but the ceiling fan and box fan Edward provided actually serve quite well -- there is a window unit in the kitchen. Generally would recommend, even for such a long stay!