The flat was really lovely and in a great location - less than 10 minutes walk from the Metro station which took you right into Port Authority - one block from Times Square, or easily to any other place in the city.

Late at night, coming home, it was very quiet which meant no loud traffic keeping us awake, but I'll be honest and say that without my boyfriend I would have felt slightly wary walking home.

The flat really was great. It would benefit from some curtains in the bedroom to block out the sun, but the place had more than enough room, a good kitchen to use, a great shower and a really comfortable bed. Plus I was really happy to see that the building had an elevator instead of walking up five floors!

Maria was a great host. She left lovely little 'welcome' notes around the place. She also helped out hugely when we came in to some temporary trouble which included losing her keys! (Luckily we found them again...) and could not have been more patience or kind in the circumstances.

The only real negative was entirely out of Maria's control. Unfortunately the building's door was tampered with one night we stayed there. We got home late after a NY Giants football match and had to wake up all the neighbours at 1:30am until someone let us in. The flats weren't broken into, and the front door locked was fixed first thing in the morning, so the problem was quickly fixed, but that evening if we hadn't been lucky with a neighbour awake late at night we could have been locked out of a bed. But I think that was more unfortunate timing than anything else.

This is a great flat, great space, perfect location for the price and a wonderful host!