The host was OK. He greeted us when we arrived. We saw him one more time during our stay; he was talking to another person in the house but he didn't interact with us at all. The room was as described, big with one bed and one sofa. We were suprised to discover that the bathroom was shared with people staying in another room across the bathroom. The weird part is that there was no lock on that door. The cleaning was average in the room and below average in the house, especially the kitchen where there was always dirty materials in the sink. We were happy we never had to use the kitchen. There wasn't even a coffee maker. The place was close to the metro station but it was taking forever to go back in the evening from Manhattan knowing that we just did is to visit museums (Metropolitan, MOMA), broadway shows, etc like all tourists.
We were asked to leave the place at 10:00 AM; so we did leave the keys on the table and left without seeing anyone.
So, no big surprise but average. I thought previous reviews over-rated the place (or maybe not compared to the prices in hotels.?) Last thing, the AC was making terrible noise.