We stayed at Beth‘s place for one week and the overall experience was awesome.
Beth is a great host and she supported us with a lot of advice and other things we needed. As she is a native New Yorker, I just recommend to ask her for any tips etc. She is happy to help and share her advice.
Apart from that her place was actually just as described in the offer and in my opinion it has actually a very good price when compared to what other places are offered in New York with a decent connection to Manhattan.
So, I would just add to points which might be an issue for some people (not for us):
1) there are two cats living in this home. So, if you are allergic to or just do not like cats, it might be wise to choose something else.
2) the house is located in Brooklyn. This is not a problem per se but as tourists usually want to visit Manhattan, this is something you want to consider. Consider that this takes time (e.g. from doorstep to canal street via Q train in order to visit Soho or Chinatown it takes about 40 minutes. 50 minutes to Times Square.)
That being stated, we got along very well with Beth and we actually felt sad when leaving. I recommend staying with her!