Max was very kind when we met, even though the room I had actually booked was taken up by someone else. (awaiting a refund) You should know that this is not sharing with the 'owner' but them plus 3 other random Airbnb people. Most people were tidy and nice but I did have to clean up and/or deal with some unpleasant hygienes. The walk to the stations is 12 minutes not 8. But it was mostly clean and new, they are working out getting new things for the place.
Generally, it kind of depresses me because these are the sorts of Airbnb places that are causing accommodation crisis across the world. But NYC is very expensive so this shared airbnb was a solution.