We stayed one month at Gya's appartement. She was a realy great host and always there if we had a question. She gave us tips to explore Manhatten and even some tips for other citys we are going to visit while we're traveling.
The appartement itselve was realy great too. As other reviews indicated, the fact that one has two extra rooms makes a huge differents in comparisson to other shared accomodations. It doesn't feel too small for three people and more like a whole appartement than a usual shared appartement. Gya's space is on the other side of the flat, so you wont see her much. And just like the other reviews said, Gya travels a lot, meaning from time to time you have the whole appartement for yourselfe. One time while Gya was away a friend of hers stayed in her rooms, that wasn't any problem either. He was so quite for the most of the time we didn't even know if he was there or not.
The oven didn't work which was a bit sad but nothing too bad.
Gya's appartement is very clean. While we were there we saw some cockroaches but just very few. In New York it is nearly impossible to find a place without them and Gya herselfe is constantly trying to get rid of all the pests.
You should keep in mind that it is a old house with an old heating sistem, and the heater in the bedroom gets very loud.
The location of the house is very good. There are three subwaystations within a reach of 15 minutes by foot and two supermarkets in reach in 5 minutes. With the subaways you can be in the financial district in 20 Minutes and at the central Park in 50.
All in all it is a realy great accomodation and we would highly recomend it.