The house was as we see in the pictures. It is big and with 3.5 baths, was more than sufficient for our stay with 5 people . It was also clean, and had all the essentials we needed such as towels, washing machine and dryer, and kitchen utensils. It also had some basic food items such as coffee, sugar, butter etc, which made our stay convenient and easy. Marina had also left some basic information and some metro cards, which although we didn't need, was thoughtful. Taking over the house was also fuss free and handing over was as easy. Other than the time required to get to and back from Manhattan, which is about an hour or so each way, we are very happy to have stayed at Marina's house. It would have been a better arrival experience if Marina could have provided information on how to get to the house from Staten Island ferry terminal by train or bus, as that would take away the stress of asking around and figuring out our way to get there the first time. Nevertheless, we had a good experience overall and are very happy with our 3 nights' stay.