Jesse is a great host, who made me welcome right from the beginning when he helped me carry up the suitcase the stairs and received me at 1am, because me plain was late... He printed out my boarding card and was very helpful in finding the best way with the tube to the most interesting places.
I shared a room with 3 other people and it went very well, a bit surprising for me, since I am mostly used to share only with my partner and not "strangers".
If you look for an economical place to stay in Manhatten, then I can thoroughly recommend Jesses place, oh, I nearly forgot, I didn`t bring my laptop, but Jesse has a publicly available one in the living room - check it out!
Daniel