JP’s studio has the potential to be a 5 star place but a bunch of short comings, I would rate it at about 3.5 stars.
But let’s start with the good.
What a great location. Many great coffee shops, restaurants, and even a spa is within 2 blocks. Go a little further and you have the high line or the night life and comedy shows of Bleeker st. Yet it is still on a quite street and the view from the bed isn’t just of another building as you can see off in to the distance. The actual apartment is very spacious, one of the biggest studios, I have seen in NYC. The kitchen and bathrooms are beautiful. And JP has a great TV and desk space. Everything was put away and neat sans a few items below. I also have to say that JP was very quick to respond to any communication.
However there were some issues that individually seemed small added up. Let’s start with the ones that can easily be fixed. Starting in the bathroom, the inner plastic shower curtain really needed to be replaced as it had quite a lot of mildew. Personal care products like a razor and used soap bar in the shower) were left out either from a previous renter or the owner. The toilet paper holder continuously fell off every time you touched it. There was also no hair dryer which JP mentioned got stolen and offered to reimburse me if I bought one and left it there which was quite nice.
In the living room the pictures of the apartment show nice blankets and throw pillows on the couch of which none were present. The pictures also show 4 pillows for the bed but there were only 2 and neither were comfortable.
I think it is also key to note that the bed is setup in a way that the inside person can not get out without crawling over the outside person which wakes them up if they have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
The apartment is also next to quite a loud elevator which you can hear from bed. We put on some white noise which solved this.
There was a doorman as well which we didn’t know at first knew JP was renting out his place so it was awkward as we felt we were sneaking around.
All in all I would stay here again if JP fixed most of the items above l, but for the price of a nice hotel room, I was expecting a little more.