Not only a pretty space...having Mairo as a host is a uniquely excellent package deal. He’s an unusual person, dedicated to maintaining connections: with the environment, with cultural legacies, and among people too. During my weeklong solo stay, he offered invites to a couple different group get-togethers, with interesting mixes of people. Otherwise, he carefully respected my privacy throughout the week.
The custom-designed space really is pretty. The true closet (rare among Airbnbs) is good-sized; the bathroom has generous and sturdy shelves, a medicine cabinet, and hearty water pressure. Cooking’s doable, though the available paraphernalia for it don't encourage extensive efforts. Nice lighting variety and options. Quiet but great space heater rolls out for extra coziness. Shared washer and dryer are quite high-end; Mairo advised up front he’d no intent to use them during my stay.
The backyard chickens cluck softly and infrequently; since the family lives on the top floor of this three-story home, with the floor between currently empty, my ground-floor stay offered something else I'd never experienced or expected in an NYC Airbnb: blissful near-silence, almost around the clock. Well worth sharing an entrance...though this family was so discreet in coming and going that I rarely heard them.
Excellent location: a quick and safe three blocks (not the usual long "city blocks") to the subway. Though within several hundred yards, there’s a cute coffee shop plus eateries representing almost a dozen different nationalities, making for great takeout or meals out. Thoroughly recommended; I’ll definitely be back.