Blanca and Ted welcomed us in a very friendly and warm way. Five minutes after me and my husband got there, we were already feeling at home and were really at ease with them.
The apartment was perfect for our needs: we didn't use the things at out disposal for cooking, because we wanted to check our endless list of places to eat in NY, but we enjoyed breakfast in the nice balcony facing the neighbours' backyards (very new-yorkey, indeed). We had a fulton bed but we really could't wish for anything more comfortable: it was as good as it gets - as comfortable as any conventional double bed.
Other good things to say about our stay in the SpaHa House: everything was perfectly clean (I still remember how pleasant it was to feel the nice scent of the sheets as soon as I opened the apartment's front door, each and everytime I got home durind our week-long stay); the bathroom has a tub, which is good; the wooden floors in the apartment make it even more cosy; our house was in the first floor, it was just a few steps walk-up but Blanca and Ted didn't let us carry our luggage upstairs when we got there in the first day (that's how friendly they are); the 103th Street subway station is a short five minutes or less walk (and, on your way to the metro, you can stop by the great East Harlem Cafe and try "the best coffee in El Barrio", which in fact it is); you have ATMs and supermarkets at very short distance and - very important - it is a very lively, friendly and safe neighbourhood.
All in all, the SpaHa House was a truly great find. If it wasn't for airbnb, we would probably have booked a hotel somewhere in Manhattan and we would have payed two or three times more for our stay. By booking through airbnb, we met the coolest couple in New York (Blanca and Ted, yes, it's them), and we experienced having our own apartment in that awesome city for a whole week. It was great, and we can't wait to travel to NY and meet Blanca and Ted again. We HIGHLY recommend their apartment to everyone looking for a great, cosy place in central New York without breaking the bank. Their kindness and hospitality just can't be beat.