We had a fantastic stay at Julia's place.
The communication was great, she always responded within minutes, was pretty flexible with our arrival time and had lots of recommendation for things to do in the area.
The place is wonderful; lot's of space and very clean (+super cool experience staying at a NY loft). Passing Subway trains are pretty loud but we found that it didn't bother us. The super comfy bed helped us sleep through the night despite the subway noise.
The neighborhood of her place was so convenient. Just a 3 minute walk to the Brooklyn Bridge and its park as well as a subway station just one stop away from Manhattan.
We felt save the entire time we were there.
This was my first real airbnb experience especially on the non-whole place option which had me very worried but ended up being a great decision. I'd go back any time.