We stayed in Putnam apartment for 1,5 months and we really loved our experience. We already rented few places through airbnb, so we were really careful about chosing apartment in New York. And I can say that I have only positive feedback.
Due to our long flight from Europe we had delay and arrived much later. However Saeko was outside waiting for us and gave us all instructions about apartment. We felt very welcomed and during whole our stay the communication was great. If we had any small problem to be fixed...this was done within few hours. We also loved feeling as it was our home because Teedo and Saeko were giving us lot of privacy and always warning if they needed to enter to pick something up (as if we were owners). Other thing that touched me was that they did not ask extra money from us when we had some issues (extra for heating, extra for linen cleaning).Teedo also gave us service for taking out our garbage bin on Sundays.
About Apartment:
The apartment itself was wonderful with lot of essentials and all you need for long stay. On arrival there were some snack and other food stocked. In bathroom we found shampoo and soaps which in the beginning I were not sure if I can touch...but shampoo and conditioner were so good for hair that I finally did use it all the time!
The apartment were safe and calm. Especially rooms of the backyard where slept our toddler son. Apartment is very well kept and maintained. Only heating should be fixed in backyard rooms because in very cold temperatures is gets really cold. But we know that it is planned and as told before we had two heaters which we used a lot and were not charged extra.
There are no TV in apartment and being TV person I worried about this...but after 1,5 months without TV realized that I saved lot of time and only watched things on my computer which I really wanted. So now moving to other apartment where we have TV I never turn it on ( so thank you guys for giving me this experience! )
About Area:
We heard from many people that the area was not safe 10 years ago, but after few days we realized that it's really safe and people on the street are very friendly.
There is very good Day Care center close by, also good grocery on Gates avenue. Subway about 12-15 minutes walk away that takes right to Manhattan. Downtown of Brooklyn just 8-10 minutes away by subway.
Ah, and we had washing machine in basement...which as I understood later is a bless in New York!
We had really wonderful stay in Saeko and Teedo's apartment and would recommend it for sure!