Our top three words to describe JP's place: Clean, Private, and Conveniently Located.
JP's apartment is extremely clean, organized, and peaceful. It was always nice to come home to that after a long day. The bedroom is enough space for 2 people, and the bed itself was comfy!
It felt like we had the place to ourselves most of the day since JP was at work. Regardless, he's always responded to our text messages to answer any and all questions.
The location had a few ups and downs:
The *greatest* advantage was being able to walk 2 blocks to take the metro to Manhattan (downtown NYC)!! Also, within the area, there are many small markets to purchase groceries and fresh fruit/vegetables or fast food restaurants. JP has a regular sized refrigerator incase you need to leave groceries or leftovers.
The smaller downside is that we had to practice extra caution and common sense when returning home at night, simply because we are tourists and we stood out. We never got threatened nor attacked in anyway, and there are cops right outside the metro station to keep the community safe. Just practice common sense. The walk home is short anyways and it's well lit at night. We would recommend this place since it's an opportunity to step out of the tourist zone (since we were in the tourist zone all day in Manhattan).
Overall, we had a great time at JP's place! We would visit again.