Our stay at Sophia's place was great, we've spent 5 days in late June. The place is exactly as described, clean and spacious, with everything you might need for your stay. You do hear the people above in the house but they are overall a very quiet and polite family, it did not bother us at all. With private entry and self check-in we felt the place was private enough. The location is a bit far from Manhatten, it took us about an 1 hr and 15 minutes to get to the most places, since it usually takes a 15-minute bus ride to the closest subway station and then at least a 30-40 minute ride in the subway, sometimes with transits and sometimes with additional waiting times. However, giving the quality and the price of the place and the overall area safety even at late hours, it is worth the everyday ride. Just something to consider when making plans.
Sophia is a very communicative host and really does a great job keeping the place and helping with whatever you might ask. I was very pleased to have a host like Sophia. Very likely to stay there once more if I visit NY again.