Overall, I would not discourage someone from renting this unit. It was a good value in a great location. Their ad doesn't make it obvious but there is a door to the bedroom space in the basement so you can have privacy/quiet in the bedroom downstairs while someone is upstairs. Also, they have a nice "futon like" pad in a very large closet off of the basement bedroom that worked fantastic for our 5 year old son. Thought we were going to have to have him upstairs which would have hindered our evenings greatly so that was a delightful discovery as well. So in some ways the apartment is better than how they are listing it. Two caveats that you should know, the AC controls are not in the unit(for the ground floor are in the owners workshop/art studio next door. It's easy to access/on the same floor but you should just know that and for the basement it seemed like we needed to ask the owner to set it. So the owner should either clarify in the listing how this all works or you should communicate with the owner directly to make sure you know what it will be like. The other thing to check on is to make sure the AC is working properly. It was not working well when we used the unit but the owner indicated that they were going to have it repaired. We were too busy to want to deal with it during our stay so we just suffered through it during the heat of July. The owners were really responsive and you can tell from other reviews this is a great listing - hopefully they can address the repair and communicate how you engage with the AC so you can know what you are getting into. this is a good unit in a fantastic spot - super easy access to subways and a lot of great new stuff in the neighborhod like the Dekalb Market.