I stayed at Dimitrios's place for a month while looking for a permanent apartment and overall it was a great stay.
Let's start with strictly positives, location, location, aaaaand location. This is literally one of the best cross streets to live on in Chelsea. You have access to almost every bar in Chelsea, you have access to all the best restaurants and markets, both cheap and expensive. Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are spitting distance which is especially great in the cold, let me reiterate that the location is a god send.
Great Coffee place down the street: Cafe Grumpy although during my stay here I tried 31 coffee places in Chelsea and St. Kilda is your best bet for good brew. Think Coffee between 13th and 14th is your best bet for a quiet place to read.
Places to eat recommendations:
8-12$ range: Adam's Market Place, Golden Wok, Joe's Pizza
12-20$ range: Brine, Dim Sum Chelsea, Pasta by Hudson
20$+: Seamore's, Lasanga Chelsea, Lulous
As a future airbnber there are somethings that you should be wary about, I wouldn't exactly call them strict negatives, but you can do with the information what you will. First, is that there isn't all that much room for your own stuff, this is not your Airbnb that resembles a sparkling hotel, this is Dimitrios's home first and foremost and you will of course feel like you are staying in his abode.
The second thing I want to note is the noise level which of course, is nothing to complain about. I have lived in very noisy areas from on top of pubs to next door to frat houses and I would put the noise level at about 4/10. It's not so much that there's NOISE NOISE it's more about the hostel that's across the street. Many a night were there groups of teenage/twenties girls screaming their lungs out at 4-5am. But hey, I'm not knocking there fun just something to be wary about.