You are basically paying for the location, it’s great. A lot of restaurants, Central Park is minutes away, metro station, and a clean, not noisy area, not a touristic place. Loved the location. The apartment itself is shouldn’t cost that much. I lived in a studio which is size of a box. The building they posted on the Airbnb not exactly where you are coming into, I mean it is kind of between. Your entrance is going to be a narrow door in front of which some garage cans, and lots of chances you’ll meet a rat crossing your way. And lots of times it is not a pleasant smell. My apartment was on a 3rd floor, there’s no elevator (remember that if you have a heavy luggage), I knew there’s no laundry inside but was really unhappy when they said that the nearest one a couple of blocks away. And you realize how unfortunate it is when the weather is rainy. The headboard of my bed was loose and irritated with its sounds at the slightest movement. Because of the mattress wasn’t covered in a plastic cover there was somebody’s hair (I will say a man’s hair) everywhere. It was the most unsanitary thing…
Another thing I was surprised that if you can’t book apartment for a short term but from a month, you kind of stuck, because it’s not refundable. And they didn’t have any dish soap and sponges, or paper towels to clean kitchen, or garbage bags. Gladly after I asked for a broom and new plates (old ones were plastic and dirty), they got it for me next day. They didn’t have a boiling pot but a coffee machine. The shower was a most pleasant place to be at, but even there you’ll see some mold on walls.