I felt unwelcome, i was kept waiting over an hour at front door although i advised of arrival time and had travelled many hours to get there, the welcome was non existent - instead I was asked immediately to sit down and read the rules and sign them and pay the deposit - NOTE the rules were not fully disclosed on the Airbnb site e.g. no use of kitchen after 7.30PM. The heating was in the living area only, however that was off limits to 'guests'. The bedroom was cold. I felt that the 'guest' was merely an ATM, once the money had been paid the 'host' was less hospitable. I thought i had asked all the right questions, lots of them, but found i had missed some. I was booked for 15 days and left after one, of course no % of a refund was offered (which showed lack of business ethics) and the 'host' was protected by the STRICT cancellation policy.
This was a nice house, and i would say that if you are used to being a backpacker and treated like one - i.e. as in if they are less friendly establishments - then you will probably cope with this host, better than I could.
A suggestion for HOSTS - treat your guests as you yourself would want to be treated in their homes, with equality, respect and dignity. If you become annoyed by guests presence in the 'shared space' you are not suitable to be a host, and not being honest about that means you are putting guests in very uncomfortable living situations and then exploiting them further by not negotiating a return of some funds, even top hotels dont exploit to such a degree.