August 4 th 2017 I am just back from Manhattan where I spent a couple of weeks with my 15 years old son. We had a very good experience at Renee's appartment which was perfect for the two of us. We had two large rooms with private bathroom and a shared kitchen, fully equipped, where we could cook at any time of the day. This accommodation gave us the sensation of being on our own, but also the good feeling to have friendly people nearby if we had any sort of problems or just for a chat. Renee has been very friendly and supportive from the very beginning when she accepted us, and always during our stay, providing immediatly for everything we needed. The bedroom is bright, peaceful and silent at any time of the day, the bed is very confortable, which was important after walking all around the town as we did. The conditioned air was perfectly working, we used it in some hot days. The neighborhood is lively: there are shops, restaurants, cafés, cinemas and two great bookshops "Strand" and "Barnes and Nobles" where I ' ve spent a lot of time . The appartment is very cental, a walking distance to many places we wanted to visit as Union Square and the Ironflat building and it's near to bus stops and to various subway lines. We felt the sarroundings secure even when walking home late at night, the only negative side was a lot of trash in the street.
Renee and Joel are very open and lovely people helpful but never intrusive, they also invited us to a café where Joel organizes tango soirées. We had a lovely time. I strongly recommend it.