Valentina's apartment is in a terrific location, half a block from Ditmars Blvd, which is lively and full of great restaurants and shops. It's an easy walk to the subway stop, with a 20ish minute ride into Manhattan, and close to the beautiful Astoria Park, along the river and with great views of the Manhattan skyline. Valentina was easy to communicate with, checked in with us often, and kindly allowed us to store our bags in the apt after checkout. But we must say that the apartment itself, while cute in some aspects, had a number of problems, as did the complex it was in. For the first three nights it was insanely hot. To be fair, the apt is on the 5th floor and it was hot on those days (low-to-mid 90s)—but the single window A/C unit in the living room was just not enough to keep up with it, and even with several fans there was no way to get any cool air to the bedrooms, which made it nearly impossible to fall asleep. There were also only thin, decorative curtains over the windows which didn't block very much light, meaning that the apt was fully bright as soon as the sun came up. We weren't looking to sleep in, but on vacation we also weren't looking to wake up at 6:30am—especially after falling asleep at 2am because of the heat. Also, the general level of cleanliness was unfortunately not as high as many other Airbnbs we have stayed at. There were various oddities and problems that could be easily fixed but were not (or were strangely taped—in fact tape was a prominent element nearly everywhere). We're aware of NYC price standards and have stayed in Airbnbs there before, but we think that this apartment is overpriced for what it offers, and that is our main complaint: one could be willing to put up with some shortcomings if they were not paying $300 a night. As great as the location was, we would unfortunately not stay here again.