Overall we enjoyed our stay at Maurice's apartment in Crown Heights and would consider staying again. I've listed a few pros/cons for folks to consider for folks looking at this in the future.
Pros:
* Awesome value for amount of beds and really spacious bathroom
* Crown Heights is a great neighborhood to explore, close to proximity to other popular locations in Brooklyn too
* Maurice is great at communicating and being receptive to any issues
* Very spacious apartment relative to others in NYC
Cons:
* The apartment is simply unsuitable for doing any sort of work from home given lack of proper desks/chairs. There's a nearby coworking place called Work Heights which has a nice 10 day pass
* If you're going into Manhattan often, then need to play around A/C train which can be annoying. You should really double check where you'll be in the week before considering this location, areas like Williamsburg are a headache to get into via train.
* Shower water wasn't really hot all the time, maybe because it was a shared water tank? Shower head is pretty low for taller folks
* The beds weren't really that comfortable, very firm mattresses