Alex is a great Host. The unit is just as it looks in the photos. Spectacular! and very unusual for a place in Manhattan. The house is well secured although the neighborhood felt very safe. This neighborhood is not entirely gentrified yet so you can still experience some of the diversity that makes NYC so great a place to visit (and live). My entire family (two newlyweds, younger son, and my almost 90 year old dad,) were in the house together and all of them were unanimous in asking that we rent it again next time we are in the City. My Dad is especially hard to please (and he had just spent the two nights before at the Waldorf Astoria) so having him reiterate several times how much he liked staying at Alex's townhouse was a powerful endorsement.