Most positive reviews on Airbnb seem to have a "but…" - so, "great location, the hosts were really friendly, but a bit of a distance from a food shop", for example. There is just no "but" about Chuck and Tiff's house. For us, it just had everything. We'd never visited New York at all before and it was just the perfect base for exploring near and far. We completely loved the location - our 13 year old daughter is just dying to bore her classmates to death with tales of how Brooklyn is sooooo much cooler than the rest of New York. And we just scratched the surface.

The house itself was just right for us, with a spacious and amazingly well-equipped kitchen, a really sizeable living room with a great TV/DVD/sound system, and very comfortable beds. The new walk-in shower area downstairs is absolutely immaculate and beautifully designed. More generally, the front of the building with its traditional brownstone design, just looks great, and the space to the rear (the children particularly loved the treehouse and slides) is really well kept.

Chuck and Tiff couldn't have been more helpful, from the tips about places to visit to providing details of a (thoroughly reliable) taxi firm for our early morning departure from Penn Station. Oh, and even down to which really tasty (if very strong!) beer to try on the train. Their approach is just so accommodating and relaxed - they completely took in their stride our delayed arrival from JFK. Rather than "please don't touch this", or "that piece of furniture was terribly expensive", our guided tour was long the lines of "yes, just help yourself to the contents of the fridge" and "contact us at any time".

The perfect place for us to kick off an amazing holiday. Maybe there is a "but" - it's a shame we can only give 5 stars!