Look, this is a good value place, I've had some issues with other guests but that's obviously not on the host. The whole apartment is clean and shared places are cleaned every day, but the overall state of the house can be a bit unpleasent, but nothing extreme. This is an excellent place if you just want to have a night's sleep and then venture out to the city the whole day. My biggest problem was the incredibly squeaky bed so that's rather a small problem. Trip to Manhattan is about 50 mins, avoid the buses if you can, they are unreliable.