We stayed at Chuck's place for 1 month while we were searching for apartments. There is a subway stop just across the street which takes you directly to Manhattan, and it took us about 20min to walk to the LIRR station. We never met Chuck but he was always fast to reply if we had any questions. The doorman and the neighbours were very friendly. The only improvement would have been a proper dining table with room for 2 people to eat (it was possible to eat 2 people in the kitchen but it was very tight) and a working dishwasher, but those are minor things and all in all we were very happy with out stay.