A nicely decorated, renovated, and pretty spacious place (NYC-considering) for my 2 friends and I to stay for a month and work from home.
The area is pretty residential, but keep in mind this is in a quickly gentrifying area of Bushwick (take that as you will). The J train Halsey/Chauncey stations are a short 5 minute walk away, and the C Rockaway station is 10 minutes away.
Overall, the space itself was clean and pretty well-stocked - we did buy a few more spices for the kitchen, and it could benefit from larger pots/pans for cooking larger meal portions and more utensils so we didn't have to wash dishes as often. The first week we had really slow Wifi with the 3 of us working from home, but Atsuko and Peter were incredibly prompt to contact the internet providers, get an upgraded package, and even move the router into our unit.
Some potential "cons" to point out though:
- Biggest thing to keep in mind: We didn't notice this in the house rules until after we made the booking, but the hosts would prefer Airbnb guests inform them ahead of time whenever they have visitors, even short daytime visits (they have cameras). We had an instance where a few friends stored their luggage for a few hours before their flight, and we received a warning note from the hosts. As long term Airbnb guests, we essentially expected an experience like an apartment rental where we could truly treat the space like ours (respectfully, of course) and having to inform the hosts about any visiting friends even for short term felt like too much surveillance and not enough trust. We didn't feel comfortable inviting our friends over and having to let our hosts know every time, ahead of time.
- There are sometimes neighbors blasting music late at night (like up til 1 AM) and in the mornings. Bring earplugs if this bothers you!
- The third smallest room if used as a bedroom is quite small.
- The middle room with the skylight doesn't have a working door to close it off from the main living room space (the sliding door is stuck in place). Peter and Atsuko offered curtains for the doorway when we asked about the sliding door, but this wasn't made clear in the Airbnb description and my friend didn't feel it provided the privacy she wanted.