Overall, we had an ok stay but would not be in a hurry back. Pros and cons for consideration below:
Pros:
- Location is ok - beside the underground and a RiteAid
- Ground floor lounge area and kitchen quite nice
- Good kitchen facilities
- Apartment was warm
Cons:
- Very narrow, winding staircase down to the bedrooms (so narrow that we could not bring our bags etc down with us)
- Bedrooms themselves are tiny (beds just about fit in). Aware that this is likely the case with the majority of NY apartments however, so this didn’t really bother us
- Bedrooms being in the basement meant that they felt and smelled somewhat damp/ stale
- Dealt with multiple people rather than the one host, which was confusing at times (not sure if the host was maybe out of town?)
- Difficult to get a resolution when we had a few issues with the Airbnb (broken tap and tv not working) - e.g. tv technician sent to the Airbnb on our last day at a time not agreed with us (we wonder what would have happened if we didn’t happen to be there by chance?)