To anybody thinking about renting this place, I would highly suggest otherwise. While the location may be nice and safe, Khaled, the host, is very unresponsive the second you show any kind of concern. He was friendly and responsive at first, but once my girlfriend and I notified him about the cockroaches and lack of hot water, he just stopped responding. He said he would check on the water and send an exterminator, but clearly he never did. Every time we came back from a nice day and night in the city, we would at the very least find one BIG cockroach. Oh and we also only had hot water the first night we were there, so we basically went our whole trip not being able to shower, save for one cold shower because of how disgusting we both felt. There were stains all over the whole floor, table and counters. Both the kitchen sink, bathroom sink, tub and shower had clearly not been cleaned. It was so dirty that we took it upon our selves to clean and wipe down the whole place. The toaster didn’t work, and the microwave was impossible to plug in and use because the cord couldn’t reach any of the outlets. There was also left over frozen food and canned goods left in the cabinets, fridge and freezer, which were also disgusting. And to top it all off, I was still not able to get ahold of Khaled on the day we left, not even to check out. In fact, he still has not responded to me at all, even the day after we left. Overall I am extremely disappointed with my stay. I was so excited for my Girlfriend to truly get to experience New York for the first time and have it be a nice stay, but that simply did not transpire. I would advise ANYBODY who is thinking of renting this place to turn back and run.