Paul was gracious and allowed us to enter the apartment 1 1/2 hours earlier than he expected us. He still needed to do some cleaning up but he was pleasant and conversational while he did it. He showed us the "plumbing problem" which was that you had to turn the shower on with a pair of channel lock pliers. He said they were waiting for a part but from the looks of those rusty pliers, I think they had been waiting for a very long time. Both my husband and myself were nearly scalded the next morning trying to adjust the water temperature with those pliers. By the end of our 4 night visit we had it figured out but I do hope if you stay here, they have this fixed. The apartment is quite noisy because it is on the street. If you close the french doors to the bedroom, you will have a relatively quiet night. However if like my daughter, you have to sleep on the couch in the living room, you will not get much sleep. The apartment is right on the street and across from an all night bus stop as well as an elevated train. The kitchen was nice to have for fixing meals and everything was clean. The bathroom is big and spacious. The french doors that separate the bedroom from the main living area are glass so don't count on any privacy if there are more than two of you staying in this apartment. The apartment is convenient to subways that go directly into Manhattan and though a very busy area of Brooklyn, we felt relatively safe. You do have to unlock and re-lock 5 locks using 4 keys to get into and out of the apartment so if someone was actually trying to molest you in any way, you would never get into the apartment fast enough to get away!