The stara department was a disappointment and the price-quality ratio is not reasonable. The location is the best, in the middle of Soho neighborhood, very convenient and easy access to anywhere in Manhattan.
The first bad experience with Stara was after she confirmed the reservation, because before the deadline for payment occurred, the reservation fell and to my surprise, Stara replied that the apartment was not available any more. But I told her this was not correct, and against the rules. So she sent me again the confirmation of the reservation to be able to pay with any explanation.
Once in the apartment, we found some surprises. The apartment is called "chic" but the "chic" is superficial: the bathroom is very uncomfortable as small as it is. The toilet was easily clogged (almost every day) and it once overflowed!! The shower jets very hot and then very cold water while you are bathing!! The whole bathroom is over painted and the paint is peeling giving a very unpleasant appearance.
The kitchen is so small that you can not take advantage to prepare any food. There is almost no kitchen counter available to support anything. There is no kettle, no toaster, no microwave.
The living room is comfortable (good sofa but very dirty carpet) and the bed is also very comfortable.
We found the apartment clean and tidy and with enough room in closets for our clothes.
We had a very unpleasant experience with the garbage: the building in general is very dirty. The staircase and hallways are obviously not cleaned in months. There is no room for garbage but there is a place on the ground floor intended to leave the waste. The problem is that since there is no closed room, the smell of garbage is unbearable. One morning, the smell of garbage was so strong that I woke up in the morning with the smell coming up from the ground floor.
In general the department does not have any type of indication and for every doubt or inconvenience had to write to Stara via Airbnb.