We stayed at the Maslikhov's apartment September 21-27. Our stay at this apartment had its good and bad points. I'll start with the positive...This is a very good size apartment, large for NYC standards. There had been obvious attention to cosmetic touches and the apartment was very clean upon arrival. They had also provided laundry soap, dryer sheets and bleach for use with the washer/dryer combo.
Now to the negative...We happened to come shortly after a bad storm in Brooklyn. Thus when we arrived there was no power. It did come on later that evening. The next morning the power had to be cut off around 9am. It was on later that evening. Then the third morning the power was off when we got up and we were unable to get ready for the day in traditional fashion. So I had to go out in NYC without being able to do my hair. All you guys reading this will not understand that but you ladies know how frustrating that can be... I realize that this was out of the Maslikhov's control but would have like the option to find different accomadations since they had been dealing with this for over a week.
There is a window ac unit in the bedroom and the living room. The bedroom unit did not work for four out of seven nights of our stay. During our stay it was in the high 80's so that made it uncomfortable to sleep. As a side point, the bed is very noisy and my husband and I ended up sleeping one on the bed and one on the couch. That may not be an issue for you. When I did laundry on the second night the dryer was not putting out heat only air and the clothes would not dry. This was corrected by the last few days of our stay. It is important b/c you only have two towels for the apartment and if you are staying for a week you will want to wash them. You should also know that no matter how small of a load you wash the washer will make a loud knocking noise and the host will ask you not to let that happen.
This was my first experience renting an apartment for vacation. The price was good but in the future I will pay more and stay in a hotel.