In short, the place is ok for one person, but for two people I would not really recommend it. We stayed at Louise's place 10 days for the first time in New York City. The apartment itself is located in the calmer neighborhood on the UWS. There are enough of restaurants, bakeries and shops in the vicinity so you won’t have to walk long to get there. Also, you have the option to catch the No. 1 tram or B, C tram to downtown only couple of minutes from the apartment.
About the room itself – it is alright if you are ok with living in a basement. There is only a very small window (if you call that a window) where you can let the fresh air in. The bed itself is ok, nothing special, the wood supporting the mattress makes quite a lot of noises. I would say that the bed for one person is really ok, but for two persons it can get tight. What we really missed was a closet where we could store our clothes instead of having them in our luggage cases for 10 days. There is a sideboard with drawers available but we did not use it (someone’s had forgotten their pants there!). Also, one big problem for us was that the door lock from the apartment door does not work every time, it didn’t want to lock, and for the most of the time the apartment was unlocked due to this, even when we went to sleep. There is a large flatscreen available with all the possible services for watching movies/tv shows (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu..), and you will be alone for the most of the day/evening. We did not mind her dog because she is mostly in a another room the whole day. On our last day we wanted to vacuum the room ourselves but unfortunately the vacuum had broken down sometime ago.
All and all it is ok in regards to the price, but some repairs to the door lock, shades in the living room, bed base would make this place even better.