Michael was very clear and communicative regarding the apartment instructions and was very accommodating when we asked for early check in (2 pm instead of 3 pm!) Unfortunately, that’s where the positive ended. We’re very familiar with NYC and have stayed in several airbnb’s (old, new, all over Manhtattan, in France and in Los Angeles) and this is simply the worst conditions we’ve ever experienced. The least of the problems beginning with the Hell’s Angels clubhouse across the street firing up their motorcycles all night long (which should have been mentioned in the listing.) The apartment was shockingly dirty to the point where we weren’t going to stay in the apartment at all but had no alternative because of our busy schedule in the city. The fridge was filthy and unusable, there was stench to the sheets and pillows that can only be compared to urine, there was a hamper full of the hosts dirty clothes and sheets next to the desk we planned on working from, there was no proper sheets for the futon, we were left with half a roll of toilet paper for 4 days and had to purchase our own, there was no smoke detector in the apartment and very sketchy wiring, the neighbors in the building were incredibly loud and both doors to enter the building had to have been entered and exited loudly 30 times in the middle of the night each night, bits of the ceiling fell onto our daughters head while sitting on the couch/futon and continued to fall on the futon all night. Last but definitely not least, the factor that caused us to leave before the end of our stay… RODENTS. We were woken up in the night to the sound of rodents chewing through and unopened bag of chips that was on the counter, we then also discovered that a rodent had been in my daughters purse that was on the chair in the living room and had chewed through a sealed granola bar that was in the bag. We ended up driving all night long back to Toronto to avoid spending another night in the apartment. Michael needs to consider hiring an actual cleaning team as well as pest control for the apartment to be considered rentable. A hostel would have honestly been a better option. Michael seemed like a great guy- but airbnb might not be his calling.