Our stay at Alexandra's appartment was great. The rooms looked even better than the photos and they were spotless. Everything is pretty new! The appartment is located in the east of New York, which is pretty far from Manhattan. But if you have no problem with a 40 minute subway ride to the city than this is no issue. We used this time to read books about the city. The subway station is a 5 minute walk and there's a supermarkt with lots of fresh products in front of the appartment. Alexandra and Joseph were kind and communicate very good.
The only negative aspect we have experienced is that a women in the neighborhood was not glad to see us by shouting bad words (and by 'us' I mean a white skin color). For my mother this was a bad experience. Ofcourse this can happen anywhere in New York, but I needed to mention this.