John was a good and responsive host. Check in and out was easy. At the last minute we upped our number of people staying from 2 to 3 and it was no problem. Overall the apartment was spacious and for us the location was perfect for who we were visiting around the corner. The apartment is very conveniently located: it's about a 30-40 minute care ride from JFK; and it's next to a train station. However, the train goes by two of the bedroom windows frequently, so if noise is an issue for you, take this into consideration. It was clean, but needs a little love - for example the sheets were clean, but there were some stains on the bedding in one room which was off-putting (there were spare sheets so we remade the bed); there was an insect trap on the floor of one of the rooms; the towels need replacing due to age and wear; bath soap was just about gone and we had to add water to the bottle to make it last; conditioner, but no shampoo. We had one incident on our first morning - two men were sitting out front of the building drinking at 10 am when we left. When they saw us returning, they moved to the stoop so that we had to ask them to move to enter. Again, an off-putting situation for us three women staying in the apartment. John was very responsive to our concerns and had a neighbor come and speak with the men to have them move. It wasn't an issue the rest of our stay - the men moved around the corner.