This was the perfect place to stay during our NYC visit. The room is extremely comfortable, spacious, and beautifully decorated (and the bed is exceedingly comfy); the guest bathroom is also spacious and offers one of the best showers ever! Orestes was warm and welcoming, but also gave us plenty of space and privacy. (The room feels quite private even though it shares a floor with Orestes's office.) It was miserably hot and humid during our stay, so we didn't make much use of the outdoor space, but it looked lovely (and the AC in the room works great).
In some ways the place feels more like a very cool boutique hotel than staying in someone's home, in that there's no kitchen access (as noted in the listing)- a few mugs/glasses, utensils, a small coffeemaker, and a mini-fridge are in the room and that's all we needed. The location isn't in the heart of NYC goings-on, but so many nearby subway lines/stops makes it easy to get just about everywhere; and we loved coming "home" in the evenings to a quiet, peaceful neighborhood. We'd stay again in a heartbeat.