Unfortunately disappointing! As long as you know what you’re getting then I’m sure it may be fine. I personally didn’t feel the listing was 100% accurate.
These things our our opinion and may be unimportant to other people.
We booked half of this particular house and the other half was locked up. The listing states Luxury beach house. Hmmm not so sure! However if your aware of what your getting then it’s ok value for the money. A lounge would have been a nice addition for comfort. Which I’m sure you get if you book the whole house.
There was absolutely no phone reception or wifi coverage for either my partner or myself. The hosts opinion was that as it wasn’t listed on the description it shouldn’t be expected. I feel in these times if there is no form of communication, at the very least a landline phone should be at the house in case of an emergency. We travelled around Tasmania and absolutely loved it. We travelled to different areas and we occasionally had limited reception whilst driving however it was never a problem & not for long. When I was researching places to stay for our holiday places noted there was limited or no Wi-Fi in the listing description and therefore wasn’t suitable for what we needed. Never assume (haha) lesson learnt.
On the day of arrival I contacted the host just before 1pm and asked what the check-in procedure was when we arrived after 2pm, he informed that I would get a generated message soon. With absolutely no reception at all when we arrived at the town we had to drive around the streets to find the house. (Quite funny) Once we arrived we had no reception to retrieve the auto generated message for the code to access keys. I suggest if you book this house make sure you have photos and details of the particulars. A drive to a town which had reception. stood in the bottle shop & borrowed theirs to retrieve the code. Which I did get as well as a message from host informing us there was a tenant living at the back of the property and park in designated area!!! Something I feel should have been disclosed in the listing. When we arrived & found no form of reception at all & no landline we didn’t feel comfortable staying. We also didn’t feel there was much privacy in the ways of big sliding doors with no window coverings at all etc Again just our personal opinion. Obviously this was our situation and for other guests this may not be important. It turned into a stressful situation and having to drive to the next town to be able to contact the host. We were happy to pay for a nights accommodation and requested that the host advertise the house so it can be rented for the other two nights. That way he would not be out of pocket. He said the only way that would happen is if he cancelled, unfortunately he wasn’t prepared to do that as it would change his rating!! We didn’t feel he was the easiest host to deal with and forms of communication could have been friendlier.
In the end to try and make it easier for the host cleaning wise, we decided to not check-in at all and drive back to Hobart.
After the host declined in helping Airbnb helped us out. Apart from this situation we had an amazing time in Tasmania and can’t wait to go back!