Mathilde is wonderful. I was in the middle of a cross-country move and was renting her place while hunting for apartments. She let me stay after checkout which was very helpful since I had 4 pieces of luggage to deal with between Airbnb’s. That would have been such a pain in Manhattan. She is an angel and helped me feel at home in Manhattan.
Before I secured her place I had been having trouble finding good Airbnb’s. One Instabook host cancelled. Other hosts weren’t responding. I was in a layover in Chicago about to fly into Manhattan when her place magically appeared! I snagged it immediately. She responded immediately and told me that she had just been on the phone with Airbnb prior about some other listings and they had mistakenly booked hers 2 days earlier than they were supposed to.
I mentioned my urgency (literally getting off a plane in a few hours) and she adjusted her schedule to accommodate my stay. Very nice and sincerely appreciated.
The area is great.
Oh and BTW, make sure you don’t leave any food out 😉