I’ve left Michelle’s place with mixed feelings. From the positive notes: location is good, close to all you might need if you’re visiting NYC-groceries, subways, restaurants, sights. Place is pretty spacious and looks like on the pictures.
From the strange side: as someone has mentioned before, everything you see is scotch-taped. All the cupboards, all the shelves, “do not touch” signs on the lamps.
Not a single drawer in the kitchen to put your stuff, so everything needs to hang on the counter. I stayed for a little over 2 weeks, so that aspect wasn’t comfortable at all. Also, plastic plates? I had to buy my own normal plate and glasses. No water boiler or coffee maker. Had to buy my own. Response from the host was that she doesn’t drink coffee. Ok. One normal cup, the rest - plastic. I understand it’s your place and there’s your stuff everywhere, but if you rent long term, it would be nice to at least free one cupboard and one drawer for visitors. Esp for the price you ask. Check-out time was not flexible, I had to leave 11sharp without discussion.
And the last note, but the host doesn’t have anything to do with it - every single night I’ve woken up around 2-3 am from the loud tv/radio noise from apt below me. So if you’re a light sleeper keep in mind.
Overall it’s a nice place to stay if you don’t cook and don’t have a lot of your own stuff, and if you don’t mind the noise at night.