I booked this place in September to take my son on a surprise trip to New York. I booked this based on what i could afford and already had it paid so i did not budget any more for lodging.
I emailed the host the day before to see of it had been furnished and i got no response until the day of arrival when i was on the plane with two boys headed to New York that the host was canceling our reservation. It was check in time and the host was canceling, leaving me stranded in NYC with two boys, holiday priced hotels and no extra money to pay for hotel. It is the absolute worst experience. There is no way that the host found out at 3 pm on check in day, that they no longer had the place.
Air B and Bs solution was to offer housing all the way in the Bronx! And never responded to help in any other way.