My family stayed in Ali's loft for our weekend in New York and had a wonderful experience. It's a gorgeous space and very convenient to SoHo, Nolita, Chinatown and (via the subway just around the corner), most of Manhattan.

Ali was a wonderful host. She went out of her way to accommodate our various arrival and departure schedules and saw that all of our needs were met. The kitchen is well stocked, there were all the facilities we needed for coffee and tea in the morning (important to us) and a built in water filter which we greatly appreciated.

The loft is nicely decorated, the shower is new with great water pressure (but realize there is only one bathroom so plan accordingly). As others have noted, the loft is on the fourth floor but well worth the effort of dragging our luggage up all those flights of stairs. We slept in the middle bedroom and it was quiet except for occasional sirens. We were not troubled by general street noise.

We would definitely stay there again and thank Ali for graciously opening her home for our use.