Ara is a great hostess. There is a lift in the building. The location is good, but if a single girl, I wouldn't suggest that you go home late by subway. The shower water isn't always good, sometimes the temperature varies during the shower, sometimes the water is just warm not hot. The curtains don't block the sunshine at all, and the sun rises really early. No air condition yet, but she said she would install one. The building is old so when people upstairs are moving, you can hear the squeaky noise clearly, and they are always home, most of the times I could hear the noise from 6am in the morning until midnight. The bed is too soft giving us both back pain around waistline.

On the very first day when we arrived after 14hrs flight, and it was 25C degree in NY. We got to the apartment to find that she left us a thick wool blanket and a pair of pillows, dirty. We were so frustrated. And we had to stay awake to wait for her friend to give us a new blanket and pillow case. It might just be a careless mistake and we really appreciate all the effort that day but this wasn't a good start at all.

Overall, it's still a good choice if you know what you are dealing with.