Hidden behind the appearance of a theoretically distant location and unassuming photos, in the real life experience this place strikes as a real gem.
First of all it is much bigger and at the same time cozier than you would imagine. There is one bedroom and oe living room however because of the large dining space in between, the living room with its great sleeper sofa is versatile enough to work as the second bedroom. Both sleeping options accomodate easily two large humans each but actually a couple with a small kid in each room would still be very comfortable.
The place is old-meet-moden in the best sense of the term - it has quite tangible charm of the noble past, say anywhere between the 1940’s and 1960’s with hardwood floors, table, chairs, armchairs and cabinets in a perfectly coherent style that brings you into a better mood in the first five second and remains so. It is perfectly clean and it provides great sleep which I can fully atest as an asthmatic very sensitive to the typical old house dirt like mites etc. None of this is here, such a relief.
At the same time it is filled with tech: big screen TV’s in both spaces equipped with all the Hulus, Netflixes, Amazon Primes and all the leas known streaming apps. The bedroom has also a big screen perfectly working computer and the desk so whatever you do remotely - you can work from there.
The neighboorhood is almost entirely Asian which is a very good thing: you are surrounded by very friendly, disciplined and trustworthy people with all services and products at your wish, the Korean chain H-Mart within 5 mins walk offers delicious fresh seasfood, sushi and other staff at reasonable prices. The regular US shopping mall with all major chains including Nike’s factory outlet is also within 10 mins walk.
You will be about 10 mins walk from the big station that has only train 7 but the frequency is amazing: during the day you won’t wait longer than 3 mins for the train. The express gets you to midtown Manhattan in about 30 mins.
The best of all are the hosts - Joshua is an outstandingly honest and reliable host while his auntie Susana who oversees the place ranks among the nicest people on planet Earth.
I have rented this place for 2 weeks once, then extended to 3 weeks. Then I returned for another week and definitely plan to come again while in NYC at some point.