Amir proved to be a great host. Very accommodating, extremely helpful and pleasant. Honestly couldn't have asked for a better host.

The house has a warm, lived in appeal. Full of character and rustic appeal, but with well specced updates to bathrooms and kitchens and thoughtful extras, such as Sonos music in key rooms. If you're after clean cut, modern and clinical look elsewhere. Rough around the edges, but in what we felt was an appealing way, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

It was our first time staying in Brooklyn and while not as painfully "cool" as some parts of Brooklyn, we were surrounded by cafe's, restaurants, boutique shops, culture and diversity etc (If you're a Londoner, reminds me a bit of Ladbroke Grove and parts of Notting Hill). The Botanical Gardens and Brooklyn Museum are minutes away on foot, several playgrounds within easy reach, Prospect Park (Great for running) and Prospect Park Zoo again minutes on foot. Ample Hills Ice Cream Parlour on Vanderbilt and Bergen was an almost daily stop, as was Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe on Vanderbilt and Prospect (Superb bagels and great, filling sandwiches).

Manhattan and other parts of NY are easily accessible with the Highline being about 30-40 minutes door to door on the subway and Coney island being about 45 minutes on the subway.

All in all a great home and Amir is a credit to AirBNB.