While my girlfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed our week in NYC, Christian's place was, regrettably, not a highlight. The location is great, that's to be sure-- a mere minutes walk to the Delancey subway stop, lots of great food options on Orchard and Ludlow streets, and a stone's throw from SoHo's shopping scene.
The place itself, however, is clearly lacking in basic Airbnb upkeep. There were two dingy, way-too-small bath towels provided for our weeklong stay, which felt insufficient, as did the two rolls of toilet paper left for us (we ended up buying some ourselves). There were half-drunk bottles in the fridge, and half-empty shampoos and soaps cluttering up the shower, which seemed like easy things to clear out before a next guests' arrival, but weren't. The batteries in the remote control must've been dead, because we got the TV turned on manually, but the remote was kaput, and unlike the toilet paper, we decided not to subsidize our host's battery supply. The walls in the unit are also weirdly covered with dirt and black marks, leaving us wondering what went on in there prior to our arrival (we're still stumped), and trash piled up in the building's stairwell over the course of our stay.
I don't like writing bad reviews, especially for an independent owner, but my girlfriend and I agreed we were disappointed enough that this one was warranted. Mostly, we felt the listing misrepresented the unit as different from how we found it and that other potential renters should know what they're in for. We already can't wait to go back to New York, but we definitely won't ever stay at Christian's again.