PROS:
The Artist Retreat was nicely decorated, clean, cosy and comfortable. Very colorful. The place is exactly as per what you see in the photos. Beautiful large bathroom, cosy bedroom with comfortable bed. Kitchen is well-equipped with everything you will need during your stay.
It’s good for long-term stays if there’s only 1-2 of you.
Host was also great with responding to queries and fixed problems that arouse during our stay.
CONS:
1 thing worth mentioning for early and light sleepers - The Artist Retreat is attached to the host’s private home and the telly/music coming from that section of the house was extremely loud late at night.
Security wise, the main front gate is not properly secured. Anyone can walk right in and break into the main units. We were especially on edge after the host mentioned that her TV got stolen at some point. So if you have valuable belongings, would suggest ensuring you keep these safely hidden.
Lastly, was very disappointed by the rude treatment from the host toward the end of our stay. Stayed here for a whole month and everything was perfectly fine until when I had to extend the stay for 1 more night due to unforeseen circumstances - the host accepted the request to extend, but later complained about having to clean the morning before the next guest came in. Her plan was to clean the day before the next guest came in, but unfortunately I had to extend the stay and this disrupted her plans. Got a really hostile farewell from the host the following morning during check out just because we extended the stay by 1 night even though we made sure to check out at 10:00AM sharp as per general checkout requirement. Wasn’t expecting this at all from a Superhost.