I visited for 3 days with my 16 year old daughter. Laura's place was really a wonderful place to retreat to at the end of a full day of sight-seeing. Public transportation is very close, only a couple blocks to the subway. We arrived early in the morning and though our place was not ready yet, as we expected, we were able to leave our bags and freshen up and get oriented. Laura was very responsive to my questions about where to find things. The room is just like the pictures. Very pretty, clean and the beds are very comfortable. We loved the twinkle lights out front on the bushes, it made the place easy to locate late at night. There is a cute coffee shop right around the corner. We were there in February so the backyard was in winter, but I bet is is really pretty in the summer. There were chairs and a little fire chimney back there. The bathroom is very little and the pictures show a narrow passway into the enclosed shower. It is a very tight squeeze if you have any mobility issues it might be difficult to get into. Plenty of little items in the bathroom in case you had forgotten something. Overall I would recommend this place as a great home base to visit New York.