How to enjoy this place:
1) Spend a lot of time in the bed! There’s a terrific mattress and nice sheets. As long as there’s not a party nearby, it’s quiet at night for NYC.

2) Enjoy the antique lamps and Moroccan light and the vintage gold mirrors. Stefanie has a nice design eye. The place is artsy, bohemian and nearby good restaurants and shops. This was all welcome given the other problems...

3) Keep the lights low all day so it will seem atmospheric and Parisian and you won’t see how badly it all needs a fresh coat of paint and TLC. It’s clean, just really shabby. And yes, You may rightfully wonder as we did why on god’s green earth you’re paying $400 a day—with fees—for a place where you shouldn’t turn on the lights…

4) Stay alert. Our first night the police came to the building because someone had jimmied the mailboxes open to steal the mail.

5) Just know the online photos make it seem nicer. It is small. And, though you may see a bathtub online, it doesn’t work. Nor does the stove, though there is a hotplate. I already mentioned the general sense of neglect. We’re gritty New Yorkers and not babies so this all would have been fine for half the cost or less.

6) Find out ahead where the apartment keys actually are. The pre-arrival text said, “Door will be left unlocked with the keys inside.” But where? After a hunt, we found then hidden on a shelf in a closet. Ask ahead as you may not be told.

7) Hope you don’t arrive as we did to surprise building repairs (Not Stefanie’s fault, but still a shock to not know ahead). Our arrival involved workers screaming at each other outside our door, much hammering and drilling, dust everywhere, (as well as the aforementioned hidden apartment keys and spontaneous police visit). Our worst arrival to an air bnb ever and given that we were there to celebrate my BFs birthday I’m mostly glad we both have a crazy sense of humor. Sometimes You laugh so you don’t cry..

Construction went on for two days til we gave up and decided to leave early. To her credit, Stefanie apologized and refunded the last night. (But also to be honest, I personally would have felt bad and refunded more… nonetheless we were grateful to get that).

8) In summary: I just wouldn’t pay more than $175-200 a night including fees for this spot. Though it has its unique charms, the main issue is cost vs value! Even with NY prices this just isn’t worth what we paid but you may get lucky on a big sale.