I don't want to scare off anybody, I will try to be as fair-play as I can, due to what I experienced.
Mrs. Harris seemed a nice person. She was very kind to show me around and take me to a special store, time that we used to get to know each other and I appreciated her openess.
To be short:
Strong points:
- place is large and easy to reach by subway and walking distance
- you have the basics for an everyday living as in microwave, fridge etc.
- water bottles in the fridge
- supermarket just around the corner
Weak points:
- cleanliness is close to zero, floors were dirty, dusty and smeared in a hurry when I came, I had to dissinfect the toilet seat that was not even wiped but same, just smeared with something and the shower cabin that had human hair of all origins on the floor and on the walls of it, not to mention it wasn't white as it is supposed to be. Tried to oversee those and cleaned as well as I could so that I can live in, without tellin my host that, so that she doesn't feel bad about it
- the whole time I stayed there, the guy upstairs from me constantly woke me up 7 am in the morning and late in night walking back and forth, making sleeping over 7 impossible. Even after talking to the host twice, show went on.
-nextdoor building is in construction so expect boom bang every morning, also, and a lot of dust
-carpet in the bedroom was old, dirty and not vacuumed in ages, bedsheets were all nylon and the bed had a matress cover protection that made me feel like a baby that had to sleep on a pee protection. My 1st day and night there were a nightmare, couldn't sleep whole night, tossing and turnin, crying for spike of how in hell did I ever got in that place. Because we survive if we addapt, next day I bought new linen and got off the plastic cover off the matress.
- even if the policy said "flexible", my getting out of there was one side established by my host, who kicked me out, even if I said I have a long, almost 24 hours trans-atlantic flight, and asked her if I can stay by 13.00 same day. She come up with the excuse she has to clean the house