This place is gorgeous, spacious (for NYC), tres chic, just as pictured, and close to all the subway lines. Arrival at our convenience was no problem. Just perfect for a family of 4.

A work in progress that will be stunning once completed, there were some surprises that inconvenienced us.

The sleeping arrangements were not what we expected from the listing, and didn't work for our particular party of 6. Although listed as 4BR and described in the narrative as 3BR + Den/TV room, there is no door between the master BR and this TV/sitting area. There's a slot in the ceiling for track to hold a massive warehouse style sliding door, but no door. Although line of sight is blocked from bed to bed, I'd count the space as one room. That didn't work for our party with 2 couples.

Katherine did advise us while there was still time to for us to cancel, but by then our other preferred options were no longer available, and we would have been stuck with the AirBNB fee.

We found the description of the fold out couch misleading/primed for misinterpretation. The Queen size fold out couch is not a sleeper sofa, it just folds out to a wooden platform you plunk an air mattress on. Air mattresses are less comfortable, can be noisy, and a risk I take into account when making a booking. This time we were unlucky, the mattress had a slow leak and had to be inflated a couple of times during the night.

The recently installed curtain in the MBR could only be closed half-way due to a flawed installation, and there were no window covers in the adjoining Den/TV area, so we changed in the Master Bath.

Speaking of which, no shower curtain there yet. Okay, this is trivial, but while it looks chic that way, we felt obligated to towel down the (again, gorgeous) cabinetry after each shower.

The doors to the back deck and the ground floor flat were missing hardware. While we had no real need for the back deck (railing in mid-construction), the missing hardware on the door to that flat downstairs was something out of a slasher movie... When closed, you can't open it from where you are, but it can just be pushed open from the other side, or blown open by the wind (that happened a bunch). Oh, and the first floor thermostat is behind that door.

So a weekend's worth of home-improvement would make this a 5 star AirBNB experience for a couple plus 3, and a sofa bed plus a door (could be done the same weekend) would make it 5 star for 2 couples + 2 . Notwithstanding the inconveniences, we were still happier there than we would have been in a hotel, and we'd love to rent there again once the updates are completed.