This basement apartment is perfectly clean, new and the host is really putting some effort to manage everything. We knew beforehand where it is situated so we had no problem with the distance to Manthattan as the metro stop is in a walking distance. Only small downsides were the size of the bed which I would reccomend rather for single persons, the aircondition heating casing changes in warm/cold and thus in noise/silence (but this may be common in such apartments) and the crying dog upstairs that couldn´t bear staying alone (this was no big issue as the host were always at home in the late evening and at night), I just felt sorry for him.
All in all, we had a convenient stay.