We had a wonderful time at Elisa's place in Chelsea! It's a cozy, attractive, comfortable space, spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated. It has a huge comfy couch, a full-featured little kitchen, and secluded bedroom. The location cannot be beat - a block from Union Square, you can pretty much walk anywhere in Midtown or the Village, but Chelsea itself is surprisingly quiet, calm, and charming.

It's on the fourth floor, so you need to not be stair-phobic, and it is a Manhattan apartment so you don't have a ton of space for cooking, and there's no washer/dryer. But just do as the locals do, and make good use of the many eateries nearby (recommend the Hollywood Diner, Murray's Bagels, and 2 Bros Pizza!) and there are plenty of laundromats and dry cleaners within a block.

Elisa is delightful. She is the perfect host - friendly, knowledgeable, gracious, and a great communicator. She made us feel welcome when we arrived, and was always an email away.

It's such a nice place and we had such a nice time, we would've given it a full five starts except for one thing. In our stay (over a month), we saw several mice, and caught two in traps. Elisa did everything she could to address it after we reported seeing one - called an exterminator on short notice, and offered to pay for traps - so we can't fault her. But it definitely made our stay a bit less enjoyable, and we felt we had to mention it. Mice are always potentially a problem in old NY apartment buildings, and there's only so much you can do about it - something to be aware of in any NY AirBnb.