Elisabeth we had a wonderful time in NY and your house is lovely ! We were 2 families with 7 kids (aged 6 to 12) and we really enjoyed our stay and felt like being at home . The only problem we had was with the dishwasher tray that was stuck and we can hardly pull that off (we notified Elisabeth upon our arrival but was not fixed during our stay) . As recommendation for future guests I will recommend to alert them in advance that the garden (backyard) cant be used by guests (pictures might be misleading) and some flexibility to store luggage for guest leaving in the afternoon .. for us , with 11 suitcases , 7 kids , the option offered by Elisabeth to leave it in a storage center (8th - 9th Avenue) was not an option we could take .