As someone who uses Airbnb frequently, I hope that my review can be helpful to those traveling to Brooklyn.
First of all, I’m actually a local. I live about 5 stops away on the L train. I used this space for a small gathering of women where we met for some virtual networking and education. We didn’t sleep in this space but we spent all day here for 3 days in a row.
The pros:
Josh was very responsive. He was polite, professional and when I had questions about anything, he quickly gave me thorough answers. I appreciated him as a host overall.
The location is pretty great. It’s just on the border of where the nice part of Williamsburg ends and across the street from the M and J trains which is convenient. It’s also a reasonable (and nice) walk from the L stop on Lorimer.
The space itself is spacious and had decent light at all times of day. The beds looked very nice and the host had basics, toiletries, linens, kitchen essentials all readily available. There were even some beers in the fridge. The bedroom decor was also ok but a bit cluttered.
The check out procedures were super easy with barely anything to do - which was cool because a lot of hosts expect you to do half the housekeeping before you leave. We did clean up, washed dishes and left linens and trash ready to go, but we didn’t have to - which was nice.
And now to the cons:
The decor. The description says authentic artist loft. No. Not in any way would I consider that accurate. There were leftover Christmas junk decorations, dead plants, pots of dirt, broken furniture and burnt out lightbulbs. Lots of junk (not antique, kitch, cute or fun, there is a difference) furniture cluttering the space. There was not a single piece of actual art.
The place was also quite dusty and dirty. Really needed a good cleaning and decluttering.
The entry to the building is typical for a nyc loft apt (not pretty) but the hallways to enter the apartment itself made me question if I was the next victim in a horror flick.
I checked the rooftop also , super excited as a New Yorker to have “access to a rooftop deck” as the listing implied but the stairs leading up were definitely scary, rickety and the roof itself was NOT stable, was covered in pallets as flooring and had no usable seating area. It was dangerous. I didn’t even attempt to walk across. This should NOT be in the listing as an amenity. It was not usable.
Also, you should know that there is no television. I was surprised to find not one television in the entire place.
Overall, I was disappointed that I spent what I did for what I got. Yes, you can sleep 4 large beds worth of people (whatever that means for you) but I think this listing was overpriced for what is actually offered.