It was a real pleasure dealing with Jennifer. She was very friendly and always answered back quickly. Same goes for the superintendent of the building, King, who let me in when I arrived. He was nice to have a little chat with in the lobby when I got home at night.
The area is great! I love LES. It's calmer than many other neighborhoods in the city, yet there is always something exciting going on. Lots of good restaurants, take away places (mostly chinese and vietnamese, but little Italy is within walking distance) and shopping such as Fine Fare and Essex Street Market.
The apartment is nice and bright and have a lot closet/drawer space for your clothes. When I was there, Jennifer had moved a lot of the furniture you see in the pictures to her studio. There were also very few kitchen appliances and utensils (fx only 1 pot and no spatula or kettle for boiling water even though it shows in the photo). That made it feel not quite as homely as it looks in the pictures. Jennifer acknowledge the issue and said she was going to move some stuff back for future guests.
I somehow missed that the futon bed was a japanese style futon and not a "regular" futon. It's a cushion/pad like bed which lies directly on the floor and it was too hard for my taste. I ended up buying a raised, queen size air bed - which Jennifer offered to buy from me for future guest. That was really nice of her.
I would definately recommend Jennifer as a hostess.