Although this is a nice house in a great location, there were several problems with check-in and other guests staying in the house.
The host is never actually there, his sister, who was very nice and tried to be accommodating, is in the house.
Unfortunately, it was never communicated to her who was actually staying in what room and consequently it took forever for my room to be prepared.
That brings me to my next point, I was never made aware that other people were staying in the house. Based on what I was told it was my understanding that just his sister was in the house and I would be renting a private room and bath in another section of a house.
The guest in the room next to me was incredibly loud and noisy, and given the fact that there are wood floors with no carpeting in an old Brownstone, it is incredibly noisy. Also they were singing or humming all night, banging on walls, and their phone was going off all night.
And I hope you like cats that meow all night.
It wasn't until 4 or 5 in the morning when things finally got quiet. And by then I had had enough, got ready and just went to the airport.
And that was five hours before my flight left, I just wanted to get out of there.
It's a nice room, but the mattress is very uncomfortable, the hot water is very temperamental, and unfortunately it was too cold to take advantage of the deck outside the room.
I think a lot of these issues could have been avoided had things been communicated more clearly.
It would be nice if you could communicate with the host by phone, rather than sending several messages.
And unfortunately this ghost host never communicated clearly with his sister who was staying there and what rooms they were in.
And although you can lock the room from inside, the host never gave his sister a key to lock the door on the rooms when you leave the house. There is absolutely no privacy when you leave the room. Anyone could have had access to it.
To summarize, it's a nice house in a great neighborhood, but lack of communicating all the particulars led to a miserable stay.