I stayed at this house for 9 nights. Night 1-8 was fine, though the host, Jeannine did enter my room several times without permission, moving things around etc but I tried to be understanding about this invasion of privacy as I knew she likely wanted to clean. There is no lock on the bedroom doors nor the front door. The house is a 30min walk to the Center of town (can be tough in hot weather) but otherwise well located away from the bustle and overall a nice home set back into a nice garden with lots of trees.
Reading Jeannine’s previous reviews it sounds like she struggles with communication when she’s under stress. Another person indicated that she asked him to clean the room (to a professional standard). She asked me as well, as her cleaners cancelled last minute. This involved requesting that: I take my garbage into town and dump it; vinegar and mop the floors; clean the mirrors ; scrub the bathtub; replace the linens. We were both leaving at the same time so I asked her to do the professional level cleaning herself instead — I agreed to do a general clean of things including stripping the bed and offered to pop them into the washer. The full details of what she did on the last night were reported to Airbnb as I felt psychologically manipulated and (example: taking my things out of the bathroom 15min after I told her I was going to shower shortly so that she could have the time space to clean it for the next guest). She made comments about my hair, saying “I don’t know how you have so much left because it’s everywhere.” She left a note and items for me once she realized it was not appropriate (photos sent to Airbnb). Through my correspondence with Airbnb I learned that these requests were a violation of Airbnb rules. Jeannine, in her handwritten note (shared with Airbnb) blamed her behaviour on stress and sleep deprivation. It was still unacceptable in my view and I had trouble sleeping my last night as a result. Since her reviews have been positive overall it’s likely what I experienced is rare and only when she’s going away on a trip and doesn’t have cleaners to clean for the next guest, so it might be a good bet to check this beforehand. I hadn’t expected to leave a negative review but the last night really soured things for me. Im hopefully she’ll understand that impact of her stress on guests and choose differently next time.