A perfect vacation rental in a great location!

Our family rented this apartment for six weeks in June/July 2009. After searching numerous rental properties, we found this gem in Chelsea! My husband was only able to stay for two weeks, so my daughter and I were there alone most of our stay. We felt completely safe at all times and the beautiful tree-lined street is extremely quiet.

The location couldn't be better! Two subway lines are located within two blocks of the apartment, making it easy to get anywhere you need to go. Numerous eateries, serving every cuisine you could possibly desire, are just a short walk in any direction. Believe me, we tried a lot of them during our stay and thoroughly enjoyed them all! A Whole Foods market and gourmet grocery store are located just a few short blocks away.

The apartment is spacious and comfortable. The kitchen has full size appliances and numerous kitchen gadgets to make your stay comfortable. There is enough counter space to cook with ease. There is a small washer/dryer combination in the apartment which was really useful considering the length of our stay. The bedroom has a comfortable bed and more than enough closet space to make you feel at home. We did use the maid service and her work was outstanding.

Although the apartment was terrific in every way, I think the best part of our stay was Norma, the owner. She made us feel comfortable throughout our extended stay. For example, she let us borrow one of her picnic blankets to use at the parks and for the 4th of July. She was a wonderful resource for any questions I had such as water taxis, free activities, where to buy the best flowers, etc. The list goes on and on! The owners even graciously put us up in a lovely hotel for one night while the floors above us were being refinished and the fumes were traveling into the apartment!! Clearly, she went above and beyond the call of duty to make our stay enjoyable and memorable.

The next time we travel to NYC we will search no further than to send a quick email to Norma to check availability!!

This apartment is excellent in all respects and the owners are superb also. I fully recommend this property.

We have rented homes all over the world (Paris, Taos, Banff, Moab, SW Michigan) and were very pleased with our experinece.

This was a perfect home base for us, a couple from Chicago and our 18 year old. Apartment was exactly as indicated in the photographs and as advertised. Owner is very pleasant and efficient.

Plenty of closet space (more than 50 inches of closet rod in BD with a dozen wooden hangers) and big dressers that swallowed up the contents of our luggage. LR/DR have plenty of natural light and lots of room to maneuver. This is a larger apartment than many of the 1 BD listings elsewhere.

Kithen was well-equipped with plenty of utensils, pans and serving dishes if you care to make dinner. Kithen and bathroom are recently re-done and spotless.

Bathroom was farily large with plenty of soft and thirsty towels and replacement paper products. Shower jets were powerful with plenty of hot water. Overall, the apartment is well-thought out. One small examples is the large bathroom mirror, make-up vanity lights above it and a very large medice\ine cabinet behind it so we were able to unpack our travel bath kits.

Located on a quiet, tree-lined street. I loved it when I went out for morning bagels and orange juice that I was greeted by chirping birds. This is an attractive building on a street with many of them. Plenty of pedestrian traffic all day, so we felt safe at all hours and when returning late at night.

Highly convenient with the following available within 1.5 blockis: 5-6 grocery places, 3 pharmacies (one 24 hour), two subway lines, too many restaurants to count.

The two subway lines provide direct service to Penn Station, Times Square, Upper West Side, Wall Street, Greenwich VIllage and Soho. For other locations, (Upper East Side, Chinatown, Lower East Side) either transfer to a second subway line or walk 3-5 blocks for the primary service line.

We will be seeking this place out when we next return to New York and will be referring our friends.

My partner and I rented this great apartment for five nights in September and were very, very happy with our decision! Everything was just as advertised. The owners and housekeeper were very helpful which made our stay more enjoyable.

Even though we were in the very heart of Chelsea, this beautiful brownstone building is in the center of a block of homes on a picturesque tree-lined street. We loved being able to charge into the city by jumping on the subway only a block from the house and, equally, to be able to run back to our quiet hide-away and relax after a frantic day of sight-seeing and shopping. We also took advantage of the great location to take many long walks, a highlight of our stay.

The apartment was perfectly clean, well maintained and equipped with the thoughtful touches that make a vacation rental special and not merely adequate: Linen that felt luxurious, lots of thirsty thick towels, a shower with tons of hot, steamy water in the clean, well lit bathroom. A kitchen with all the essentials with Cuisinart pots and pans. The secure wireless Wi-Fi was lightning fast and we got our laptop hooked up immediately with no hassle.

We could have fed ourselves just running to any one of fifty delis within a block of the house but, with the nice kitchen, we chose to cook for ourselves and shopped in the grocery one block away.

Our New York friends were green with envy after seeing our home away from home. We will certainly recommend this apartment to our friends and will come again ourselves the next time we are in NYC.

The location, layout and the amenities provided were exactly as described. I especially appreciated that the property was immaculate, the bed and bath linens impeccable, the beds comfortable and the kitchen well equipped. The closets, complete with wooden hangers, were easily sufficient for four guests. The owner lived in the same building; but was present only when required. She was helpful and answered all my inquires thoroughly - local shopping, convenience stores and even an emergency dentist. Although I had requested the apartment for only two guests, the landlady was quite affable taking care of sleeping arrangements for two extra guests for two nights of my stay. Maid service was provided upon request promptly. The only disappointment was the outside terrace which had a dreary aspect.

The apartment was centrally located which gave it walking access to theatres, restaurants, art galleries and shopping. For everyday needs there wasn't anything further than a block's radius - pharmacies, food shopping, laundry and dry cleaners service, post, gourmet food markets, wine store, cinema house, shoe repair, bakery, etc. etc. If one did not want to bother with even a short walk to a wide choice (both cuisine and price) of restaurants there was every ethnic takeout delivery service available in the immediate vicinity.

I would highly recommend the apartment to a couple, a family with young children or a even a business person who prefers the comfort of home to the impersonal ambiance of a hotel. After only one week in the apartment I felt as if I had truly experienced life as a Manhattan resident.