Chelsea Vacation Rental apartment

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.