Wendy's apartment was so spacious, and located exactly where we wanted to be in Brooklyn. Huge kitchen, plenty of storage for our things, and the space itself made us feel comfortable.
Some things to consider before booking this stay: Wendy lives above you, and we found her to be overbearing at times.
She mentioned to us that this is a brownstone building, and that sound easily travels between the floors. This we understood, but being texted at 8:30 at night because we "closed the doors too loudly" is just ludicrous. The listing clearly states that she doesn't want to rent to "partyers", even if you're not partying at the apartment. That said, this stay was listed as dog friendly and we brought our little one with us. We often felt uncomfortable just walking our pup when she needed to pee late in the evening, for fear that Wendy would accost us once again for "closing the doors loudly."
Meanwhile, next door there was a construction site that was loud and distracting from Monday to Friday, all day long. We're talking drills, hammers, loud foremen outside on the phone.
Wendy also rents the apartment below you, and sound travels to that floor even easier. We spoke to the renters below us and gave them our number, saying that they can feel free to text us any time if we were being loud. Despite this, Wendy was the one complaining about noise, not our neighbors below. Additionally the dog staying below us barked CONSTANTLY. Wendy focused her energy on us rather than the dog on the bottom floor that was quite literally barking most of the day. There were about 3 instances when our pup was barking (out of a month), and yet this dog downstairs can just bark all day without consequence?
I had a girlfriend come by to surprise me for my birthday, and she brought her dog (Our dog's older brother). The two were running and playing (quietly and without barking), and I was accosted once again by Wendy that she had no idea that another dog would be visiting and she felt miffed. I then explained that it was my birthday and my friends came by to do something nice for me.
Some amenities listed were also incorrect: We were told this apartment had a washer dryer, which we were so excited about. Upon arrival, Wendy informed us that we were only to use the washer, not the dryer. She instructed us to use the box of clips to hang our clothes out to dry. In a rainy NYC, that wasn't really feasible.
Wendy also texted us multiple times about issues that are truly none of our business. It is not our job as tenants to turn on the hallway lights at night (a request frequently made by Wendy). Wendy asked us how much our dog sheds, because her cleaning lady apparently doesn't have much time between us and her next renters. How is this our problem?
Please be advised that Wendy is well intentioned but we found her overbearing and it added a lot of unnecessary anxiety during our stay.