I stayed in Ms Debra’s home for a total of 3 months during my 6 month contact in nyc. She was very welcoming and accommodating on arrival . She gave us a walk through of her home and showed us where certain items were located. She has shopping carts and rolling laundry bag in the apartment which came in handy during our stay. Her home was well equipped for the most part and she usually agreed to stock it with whatever was necessary. Ms Debra is a very sweet woman and if we had any issues she was very much so on top of the problem. There are several pros and cons to her home.
Pros:The bed and sofa are very comfortable, the apartment is 8 min from crown heights Utica station (3&4 Train) and 15 min from Utica ave station (A&C train ) she’s had the apartment renovated so theres wooden floors and new kitchen cabinets in the home.(bathroom is still a bit older) There are laundromats and grocery stores in close walking distance . The area is safe I never had any issues walking home from work. There is also street parking available. During the warmer months she provide us a window unit and new fan bc the previous one in the home had a shortage.
Cons: after 3 days of staying in Ms Debra’s home we realized there was a rodent issue. We brought it to her attention and she immediately got her nephew to look at the home. (She told us shes only had issues with mice twice in 3 years.) During the course of the 3 months there she’s had several people come look at the issue. The issue finally appeared to have resolved 3 weeks before the end of our 3 month stay. This apartment is a non smoking home but you will occasionally smell smoke from the next door neighbors. Also the walls in the bedroom are very thin.
Other then the one major issue we had her home was comfortable and reasonably priced.