We stayed in David’s apartment for 10 weeks, from the end of October until early January, so hopefully we are well placed to provide an accurate and helpful review. First and foremost, the description provided for the property and the previous reviews are pretty accurate. Our headline conclusion is that this is a great place to stay. The Upper East Side is quite simply the best place to be located in Manhattan. The apartment is just a couple of blocks from the Q Subway line (opened just two years ago) which will get you reliably down to Times Square in about ten minutes. According to the NYPD, the apartment is located in one of the safest precincts in NYC, and it feels that way too. We never once felt unsafe walking around the UES. There are a wealth of restaurants, bars, yoga studios and cinemas all within just a few minutes of the apartment. Central Park is less than 10 minutes away. In terms of the apartment itself, David was extremely good in terms of communications. I don’t think we ever waited more than about half an hour for a response to anything. When we arrived, we noticed the shower curtain was a bit old and dirty and that the ironing board was missing. Within a couple of days, David had provided new ones for us, no arguments - very good service. The apartment has plenty of storage. Two built in wardrobes are double-depth. We had three large suitcases with us and were able to store them away, with lots of room for our clothes too. The bed is comfy, but a bit old and creaky. As per previous reviews, the heating makes a loud noise when it comes on each morning (about 4am). You can’t control the heating from within the apartment, it is just set for the whole block. So if it gets too warm, you have to open the window. No major problem though, the window looks out over a small, private, quiet garden. The kitchen is about as small as a kitchen could possibly be, but it had everything we needed to prepare our meals. The bathroom is fine. The shower is wonderfully powerful with plenty of hot water. We would have absolutely no hesitation about staying at David’s apartment again. Just two things to note that were not quite so favourable: if you want to receive United States Postal Service mail at the apartment you won’t be able to (unless you make friends with the postman, like we did). The post is placed in a locker which we didn’t have a key for and, despite asking for one, were told that USPS mail is not able to be received by guests. Fine if you’re just in town for a few weeks I guess, but if you’re here for longer it is likely there might be some mail you need. For us it was bank cards. This is just something to be aware of. The other thing is in relation to noise from other apartments in the block. This has also been mentioned in other reviews. It wasn’t wild parties or loud music, arguably it was just ‘normal’ noise for NYC living where the walls between apartments are paper thin. We were OK with it for a few weeks, but it did start to get quite annoying the longer we had to suffer it. The woman next door likes a loud phone call (not sure why she has to shout rather than talk normally) and for some reason has a treadmill in a tiny apartment, which makes quite a noise on a Sunday afternoon. Luckily it seems she only likes to run for a short time! Similarly, the person upstairs doesn’t seem to realise that wearing shoes on a wooden floor is an extremely selfish thing to do and walking up and down repeatedly at 4am is rather unwelcome. This noise issue wouldn’t stop us staying again and we were aware of it from previous reviews before we booked. We just mention it here to give a full and honest appraisal of our experience. Of course, there is nothing that David could do about this - so it is what it is. Also worth noting, we could only find two TV channels. Overall: great location, comfortable apartment, would definitely stay again.