This is one of the better apartments we rented in the NYC area. It is in a quite area of Bayside, Queens but minutes away from highway and about 20 minutes away from Flushing (a huge plus if you like Asian food).

The apartment we rented is on the second floor of a 2-story, 2-family attached house. Our apartment occupies the entire second floor. Once inside, what impresses the most is the level of renovation and owner’s attention to details. Most of the furniture is IKEA, kitchen is stocked with a large variety of tea, coffee and condiments, kitchen wares are aplenty, and toiletry products including toilet paper and paper towel will rival those of the high-end resort hotels.

The owner takes away the living room to make maximum sleeping capacity, leaving four bedrooms. This is just fine as the kitchen in the center of the apartment features a large dinner table underneath a fan-lighting fixture.

Two very minor complaints: (1) The flat screen TV in the kitchen has Direct TV but with only basic service, which precludes even the local news channels. (2) two out of the four bedrooms are without a/c units, which would have been nice during the hottest days (that we unfortunately encountered). Opening the windows would have been fine except for the noisy garbage trucks in the early morning.

In summary, we had a very pleasant experience during our stay and we would give a 9.5 out of 10. If I were an apartment owner, this is exactly how I would prepare my place for Airbnb.