This was an interesting stay...
Pros: Good Value, Close to tons of shopping, close to the R train ( even tho that line takes a bit of transferring or time to get to the more hip areas of brooklyn,) Safe, Lots of Bars, some clubs, tons of restaurants in the area. Self Check In, Host let us check in late, answered my messages very quickly. I prefer to be left alone by hosts during my stays and that was respected. Mostly Clean. Warm apartment.
Cons:
the construction of this apartment is very strange but i see now in the listing that it does say the bathroom is in the basement, but I didn’t realize you have to go down a flight of stairs to cold basement to use a bathroom. The furniture was a bit uncomfortable- tiny couch with no arms and the bed was laughably firm. I’m talking concrete slab, rock hard, spine straightening-ly firm. The only thing i firmly disliked about my stay is that the door to the apartment has a window in it! In the evening before bed, my partner and I were watching tv in the living room area when someone entered the home and stared into the window to look in! It was so awkward, and uncomfortable. The host will hopefully fix this with some type of curtain.
Also, a new bar of soap would have been cool but whatevs.