Our stay at Blake's was very comfortable. Blake is a responsive host, attentive to his guests. He has REALLY enjoyable mattresses and we had everything we needed to stay for two months. The apartment is nicely equipped and beautifully decorated. Everything was perfectly clean when we got there. The neighborhood is wonderful, full of nice shops and remarkable restaurants.
If you're coming to visit New York, I'd say Blake's place is a very nice choice!
If you are hoping to work from home, like we did while our apartment was being renovated, I personally don't think it's the right fit. As this is a duplex, the internet is not great on the upper floor. If you're just doing emails, it's fine but if you're doing video conferences, it's not great. Downstairs has a better connection so if just one of you is working, that works! Unfortunately, there are also pretty noisy children upstairs, so again, good place to stay if you are hoping to be out and about during the day but not so much for a home office.
Last but not least, we were quite disappointed with the garden situation which was what made us choose the apartment in the first place. The listing is not accurate. We communicated this to Blake who was really responsive and had someone come in to try to clean it up but what it comes down to is that the backyard is now pretty overgrown, it hasn't aged very well and the overall aspect of it isn't very inviting. Blake has been away during the pandemic, which is understandable, and hopefully that's something he can attend to before your stay.