I would strongly recommend not staying at this accommodation, or any place Joe manages.
Positives: The house is light filled and spacious.
Negatives:
It's not very clean, under beds and book shelves haven't been cleaned in a long time. It's cold without all the heaters on.
Take photos of everything in every room, as he claimed we "tore the heated towel rack off the wall" during our stay. The towel rack, along with the single beds and other items in the house were wobbly and poorly maintained on arrival. We were up in Launceston working as volunteers on a 3 day event, not spending much time at the accommodation, so didn't think to let Joe know of these minor maintenance issues.
20 mins after we departed, he sent a claim through airbnb that we had broken the towel rack, with a handwritten note, with no business name, abn or address, demanding $649 to replace it. I have attempted to resolve the issue with airbnb, requesting a legitimate business quote for the repairs, but they have refused to respond.
He also demanded $105 for additional laundry costs of one extra bed as one bed was so uncomfortable and wobbly that our friend moved beds mid-stay. I have written back to him on this matter saying we would be ok paying an additional $50 for the extra bed laundry.
He has a video camera over the doorway, which we felt like we were being watched, making us feel very uncomfortable every time we left or arrived at the house.
This whole experience is very unpleasant, we just worked so hard as volunteers (as Joe knows from prior correspondence) to help deliver this huge event, only to be met with some untruthful accusations of damaging property, where we were very respectful and cleaned the house meticulously on departure.
I hope airbnb also get better communicating with dispute resolutions, as I don't feel like that have done very well in this case. Messaging me at 11pm, 1am and 3am through their messenger service demanding that I reply within 2 hours or the ticket will be closed.
I have stayed at many airbnbs over the years, and this is the first time I have had this kind of problem with both a host and the airbnb resolution team.