Victoria's place is a perfect choice to live like a newyorker, close to Soho and Little Italy and Chinatown, and a few steps far from East Village. If you like walking, you can reach any part of mitdown by walking. We did it! There are several subway stations between 2 and 8 min walking. Really convenient!!
Communication with her was fluent and she answered really fast to messages and whatsapp sending easy and clear instructions to reach the flat and find the keys. We didn't meet her.
It is a 1st floor that you can reach using the typical steep stairs. There's a bakery and a pizza bar, so it smells like the heaven. There's no smell in the flat, that was really clean and fresh. Airco worked fine, what was nice in this hot Autumn.
The size is perfect for two, even if they travel with big luggage (as we did). There's no TV, what is perfect to avoid temptation and leave to enjoy the city. The area is close to everything: restaurants, delis, 24h shop, etc. The neighborhood is hip and busy, so you have to expect some noise coming from the street (as in all NY airbnb and hotel rooms). Bathroom is quite small but clean and convenient. Some minor maintenance needed (scratched washbasin, loose toilet cover..) but good in general terms. Water pressure and temperature in the shower was simply perfect. Bath tube is quite small to lay down or seat, but perfect for shower.
There's a complete kitchen that we didn't use at all. Fridge was a bit noise during the night, but we slept well. Bed is comfy, mattress is medium hardness and pillows quite low. I always recommend to hosts to have two / three different types of pillow. It costs nothing and is really convenient for guests!!
Only negative comment is about the duvet cover (torn) and there were some stains in the linen. It was clean, because it smelt fresh.. but I think it's time to replace them..
Apart from that, we really loved the place and would recommend it to a friend.