The upside of this apartment is that there are truly a ton of beds, so it was great that there was enough room to sleep my whole family. The major downside for me was that *very* strong cleaners, detergents, and air fresheners are clearly used to clean this place-- and the smell gave me pretty extreme nausea. I actually opted to stay elsewhere for part of the trip because being in the apartment was so unpleasant. Aside from the scent issue, the apartment itself was reasonably as represented. The furniture was a bit worn, and the doorknob and lock were flimsy, but if it hadn't been for the smell I believe we would have enjoyed our stay.

I never actually met Ravanna-- his sister let us in, and his nephew (very nicely) brought us more blankets around midnight because I thought replacement blankets might smell less strongly of industrial detergent. However, he was incredibly responsible by phone and text. I think this would be a good place to stay for a big group of people planning to go to NYC and not spend a lot of time in the apartment (and who aren't sensitive to scents, obviously).

Very sorry to give these nice people a 2-star review, but the apartment unfortunately didn't really meet our needs.