This is a very hard review to write- we were very much looking forward to our stay on 92nd street. But things went awry before we even arrived and the problem was not solved expeditiously or graciously. Eventually we had to involved AirBnB for a partial refund, after the owner refused our request. On the day of our arrival, we were informed that the bathtub was not working and the handyman would arrive the next day. We have a 3 year old and had only looked at places with bathtubs. The handyman did not arrive the next day. The showerhead above the tub did work, but because the flow in that is much slower and there's a slight leak in the drainstopper, we couldn't ever fill the tub, not to mention the fact that a 3 year old doesn't want to be under a showerhead while in the tub. After days of messages and false starts, the tub was working on day 5 of our 7 day stay. The owner told us that having two showers was sufficient for a couple and a baby, and that even hotel have problems. We agree that hotels also problems, and that they issue refunds accordingly. We were perplexed that the owners did not want to issue us a partial refund- the place we stayed in was simply not as advertised. Though the challenges to repair may not have been the owners' fault, they were most certainly not ours. We wish them better luck resolving major issues and communicating with their guests.
To review the place itself, it is indeed large and beautifully located half a block from Central Park. The living room and dining room are comfortable. The air conditioning worked well in all rooms.
The kitchen is not quite what I would call "well appointed". We were able to heat food up but the major utensils and staples for cooking were not in place.
Upstairs, guests should be aware that the two single beds are in fact cots- mattresses placed directly on creaking spring coils. We could not sleep on them. We used the trundle bed and a foam floor sofa we found behind another sofa. The large bed in the front room is a normal bed, but is extremely soft and sagging.
The washer/dryer do function but the washer has not been properly cleaned and there is excessive mildew visibly building up on the gasket. I had to do a few loads of laundry but they smelled like mildew afterwards.
Last, the stairs from the living area to the bedrooms are sagging (normal in an old building) and are not safe. It's not that they're going to collapse (we hope) so much as you're tilting at an almost comical angle while on the steps.
I don't feel as strongly as one reviewer who said they didn't want to touch the tiles and grout with their elbows, but the place does need a refresh for the price they're charging.
It was slim pickings for the location and dates we needed, so it's not that I would say not to stay here. For some people, it will be perfect. For us, it was not.