Apartment was about what I expected! I am a bit of a germ freak (much more than most people. NYC was tough for me because of this), but Jades apartment was cute and pretty clean! The bathroom could have used a little scrubbing, and there was some rotting food in the fridge that was smelly and we threw away. Other than that, it was a very cute and well decorated space. We didn’t need to buy much, as she had silverware, straws, tableware, and cookware all readily available to us. Very convenient.
The pipes are quite loud, and could be heard all through the night. It’s a big like someone is slapping on the wall loudly, and it startled us the first time we heard it. Was a bit better when we closed the bathroom door and bedroom door, and I got a white noise app for my phone and it drowned it out pretty well. Neighbors can be noisy, but it’s NYC what can ya expect. Everyone seemed nice in the building, and we weren’t bothered at all.
Toilet has some flushing problems, and can run for hours on end. We managed, but may need to be looked at!
Hot water takes a while to get to the right temperature. At one point had it running for over 5 minutes and still didn’t get anything other than frigid. That only happened once, and we made it work.
Sink may have had a block. Filled up fast/ took a while to drain.
Parking is free and very convenient on the street. You do have to check the signs to make sure you are able to move your car on whatever day, for about an hour and a half, for what I am assuming is trash day. Also make sure you are within 5 feet of a fire hydrant. Laws are a little bit more lenient where we live, and I wasn’t aware and thought I was up far enough. Got a pretty orange slip on my windshield and we are down $115. You win some, you learn some. Oh well.
The apartment is located next to some cool buildings, and very close to the metro. That made things pretty easy. Watch out for what your google maps says, because we walked to one pretty far away because our phones told us to! It is on 155th street and just around the corner. It disregarded the closest station. Once we figure that out, it was smooth sailing.
I didn’t meet Jade, but everything was laid out for us when we got there, and we had no troubles getting in with her directions.
Check out was a little more confusing, as we didn’t know where to put our trash or linens. We ended up just doing our best to make clean up as easy as possible for her.
I messaged her to ask about check out, but didn’t get a response. We put the key back where we found it and went on our merry way. Hoping we got it right!
All in all, our first air bnb AND NYC experience, was a good one. We would return to this apartment :)