Things started out well. Harrison was very quick to respond and answer questions. He was traveling but made sure we had his sister's contact information in case of problems. Since we were arriving at 9pmish, he asked us to pick up our keys "next door" at a mini-mart. Totally fine. Expect the store actually ended up being two blocks away down a very sketchy street at night, lugging our bags and two frightened children. Yes, street is very close to Soho. But the section of Canal Street where the apartment is located is very gritty. During the day, a street vendor literally blocked our door with her handbag set up and would aggressively harass us to buy fake Louis Vuitton every time we tried to enter and exit. At night, there were a lot of sketchy people and a drug dealer working the corner across the street. My partner is from Queens, so we are accustomed to NYC. Even so, this still was too rough for us. Our 12 year old was very unsettled and we ended up booking a nearby hotel for 2 nights and double paying for our trip. The apartment itself was cute. Not as cute as the pictures but spacious for NYC. It was a little rough around the edges (eg missing vent covers with open, dust filled holes exposing the air ducts) but reasonably comfortable for the price. On our last day, Harrison texted us at 5:45am asking us to be out by 10am. This hadn't been made clear before and, had we not ended up with other accomodations would have been problematic. Bottom line: Harrison is an amiable host and the apartment is workable for a group of adults willing to sacrafic evening walkability for a good deal. Families, people travelling alone, or people wanting to take late night strolls without being asked if they want to buy drugs should look elsewhere.