Lavish 3 Bedroom Apt in Williamsburg!!

Very clean. Worth repeating: very clean. very quiet tenants - at least while we were there. Relatively quiet steet and neighborhood (especially for the city). If I had driven a car, it looks like there would usually be a place to park somewhere within the block. Miss B (the on-site host) and Inez (the phone contact, whom I only met online and on 1-2 phone calls) were both very nice. Location to subway isn’t bad (just a few blocks away) and once on the train, pretty close to many sites). It is difficult to separate what we liked from what could be improved, so going to combine a bit in the next section.

Despite several references to two flights of stairs, there are actually 3. There is one external flight up from the sidewalk to reach the outdoor entrance and then 2 flights up inside. “Lavish” is a bit overstated. It’s very clean and comfortable for the most part, with generally well supplied with pots/pans, dishes/glasses/cups/flatware. There was no light over the stove so we moved a lamp from one of the bedrooms to see better over there. If you are a coffee drinker, bring coffee to brew. unless you prefer instant coffee. There is an old jar of instant in the cabinet and a drip brewer, but no coffee to brew, and the filters when we were there didn’t fit - wrong size, wrong shape. we used scissors to jerryrig the provided filters. Good fridge and good microwave and the stove seemed to work great for boiling water for tea. We were given one set of keys to the place even though we were two couples. When we asked Miss B for a second set, her answer was “one set”. That was a bit inconvenient at times. (To be fair, I mentioned this to Inez upon checking out and she suggested we should have contacted her and she would have gotten us a second set. However, Miss B was the representative at the apt who showed us around and we didn’t think we needed to call someone else for this; we assumed this was the policy.) There were supposed to be two air conditioners to keep the place cool, but one was out of service. Miss B told us she was trying to get someone in right away. I know how service techs can be, so I don’t necessarily blame her, but I would suggest the hosts have a spare a/c to put in in case this situation arises again. We were provided with one roll of toilet paper for four adults for four days and advised to buy our own if needed. Towels and linens were provided but bring your own wash cloths if you like to use them. One of the reasons the place is so clean is that you are asked to leave your shoes outside the door.

We hoped for a clean, safe place to stay. What we got was a wonderful home away from home, with a care-taker (Miss B) who takes pride and love in/with the up keeping of this home AND for her guests! Miss B, is AMAZING!!! She is kind, helpful, and a hard worker. She even gifted us her very own homemade banana pudding. Wow! I would definitely recommend staying at this property again and hope to return myself soon!!

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Mrs. B. was very kind and helpful.

The apartment was cozy and big enough for our family, two adults and two teenagers. There is everything you need, kitchen equipment, warm shower, towels and sheets. Our host miss B did everything to make us feel welcome and comfortable. Close to subway reaching Manhattan in 30 minutes, close to a supermarket.

The property is in Bedford Stuyvesant, not in Williamsburg as advertised. If we had done our homework and checked the address we would have chosen differently. We had a few incidents where drugged and erratic people approached us in the area around the subway station, which especially our teenagers felt unpleasant. We realized after day one that no one leaves the apartment alone to buy groceries. Read about the area before you decide if this is where you want to stay for your NYC visit.