Velma's house deserves 5 stars not for the house by itself, but for Velma only. Not only Velma is super nice and ready to answer to everything you need, but made us right from the start welcomed in NYC.
The house is better than it was depicted in the pictures and quite cozy. Most importantly it was clean. The only thing that I have to add, is the distance from the subway station. It's 15 minutes from the nearest local station and 20 minutes from the express. It was quite nice to do that in the morning, but when you're tired from a full day, well...that was a pain. But then again keep in mind that this is a normal distance in NYC.
Again,Velma is the greatest host and we really appreciated the help she gave us, even to get a taxi to the airport.
All in all, the house is a huge value for money and I really recommend it.