Overall, I had a good stay at Sasha’s place.
The location is amazing and Sasha is super responsive to communication. Sasha is also nice and her cats are great. The bed is comfortable and I didn’t have trouble sleeping.
Given that this is her living room in a Manhattan apartment, I did not expect much. As long as you recognize this coming in, you will be fairly satisfied with what you get. To be concrete, this is a tight space which is pretty cramped. You don’t have that much privacy (the curtains don’t go all the way).
It’s also right next to the balcony which by default is kept open so the cats can go outside. I was getting a lot of bug bites from this so I had to close it each night.
I wasn’t in the apartment most of the time, so the points above didn’t really matter too much to me. However if you’re looking to spend a lot of time in the Airbnb, they would matter more.
I also think that given the reality of the space, it should have been cheaper. But at the time, it was the best Manhattan deal I could find on relatively short notice.