I was very excited for my stay with Meela. On my arrival the room was clean, bright and spacious like the ad says but I was extremely bummed to find out that the door opening to the balcony is locked shut and not able to be used during my stay (this was one the reasons why I booked the room). There was access to the balcony but through the kitchen and this was open to the other guests to use also. I really didn't feel comfortable knowing anyone was able to be right outside my door and see into my room. Also when I arrived I asked one of the ladies who worked there (who was very sweet and nice) if there was another bathroom besides the one outside my room and she said there was another one open downstairs- which was not the funky cool looking one shown in the pictures. I was however very bummed out to find the day before I left that there were actually two other bathrooms in the house that were kept closed (one was being used a storage room downstairs) as the bathroom across from me was closed off for a pest infestation treatment. It did not make sense to me why were told we couldn't use the other bathroom with so many people in the house and I felt the ad was a bit misleading in those instances. Something else to keep in mind even tho it's lightly mentioned in the 'House Rules' is that there are several cameras in the house and you are filmed almost anytime you are not in your room or bathroom. I've lived in several communal living situations and this was by far the cleanest I had ever been in (which I greatly appreciated) however shortly into my stay I received a group message from the host saying that areas were being left messy and if it continued the host would check all the recordings and cancel whoever it was that was leaving the mess. Even though I know I was cleaning up after myself the tone of the that message really put me on edge for the rest of my trip. This room is also right next to the kitchen and gets all the noise coming from there to keep in mind. This is also an old space in New York and during the summer you will most likely see a bug or two (which is common everywhere in the city). The location was great tho and Astoria was really wonderful. Another thing to keep in mind if traveling to Bushwick or spots in Bk it can be very long with the trains and the trains were very messy trying to get home at night (it almost took me 3hrs getting back from BK one night). All in all I still had a nice stay