Carol’s place has a great location. It just takes 30 minutes to get into manhattan and there is a bus stop just around the corner that will take you to the subway station (although the bus frequency gets much lower in the evening, so I sometimes have to walk about 15 minutes to get home when I got back late).
The bedroom looks exactly like the one in the picture. The carpet looks a bit dirty and there is a smell when you get into the house (probably the smell from the cat, but you get used to it pretty quickly). The house is warm and the bathroom is relatively clean. With the price that you pay, I would say it is a pretty good place!
The best thing about the listing is Carol herself! Although we did not get to interact much, she makes sure that everything is alright and she is always very welcoming.