Review: our experince Myself and my three friends went to NYC on a girly trip and stayed in Shanti's place. We arrived later than planned but that was no problem with Shanti. She gave us a brief tour of the flat and answered any questions we had. Throughout the trip we were able to get in touch with Shanti and she answered all questions and queries promptly. The place was big enough for 3 people: it had a lovely living room, kitchen (though it could have had a few more basic utensils such as a can opener), bathroom and garden. The bedrooms did present a few issues though. In one bedroom, the blinds were made out of paper and very thin, therefore it was difficult to move them as we wanted to avoid ripping them. Also as they were so thin the sunlight was shining in the room at very early hours which at times made it hard to sleep. In the second bedroom, again it was mainly sheets hung up as curtains and it was difficult to move them without taking the whole contraption down. Therefore, we did not really have natural light in the house whilst we stayed. Also to note those where light sleepers: this may not be the place for you as the house is located on a road which is quite noisy in the morning. Also you can hear them above especially the dogs running around, not great again early morning.
The location of the metro was 5 - 10 minutes away which was ideal. However, it takes about one hour to get to Manhanttan and about 30 minutes to get to the tourist areas of Brooklyn. For us we found it too far to what we wanted to do and the travelling made us quite tired. So it depends what you are going to NYC for. Overall, for the most part we did enjoy staying at the house and it was good value for money, but we would not return there as it was not right for us.