Positives:
The house is in a great location with a great section of Bleecker street a short stroll away.
Ann is very responsive and good at answering quickly about all sorts of details.
The cats are very sweet and friendly.
The gardens are great.
When I asked for extra cleaning Ann paid for it at her own expense.
Issues:
I found the smell of cat pee very strong.
Looking after the cats can be intense as they need feeding several times a day and you need to clean up their hairballs and dead rodents.
The cats sleep with you on the master bed. Cute sometimes, but you can't choose as there is no door to the bedroom.
The bar across the street is loud on friday and saturday nights.
I found the house to have a low standard of general cleanliness.
Shower had a plastic curtain that sticks to you.
All in all, a great place in terms of location and design and the host Ann is welcoming, but I found it overpriced and insufficiently clean.