While our home underwent a major 3 month renovation, we rented this Airbnb for a long-term stay.
When we initially enquired about the property the host, Nicholas, suggested that we book 2 weeks with Airbnb and then he would give us a significant discount for the remainder of our stay.
We felt a little uncomfortable with this and booked for a month with Airbnb, pending a further extension if we found our the accommodation satisfactory.
The property is generally comfortable and in some ways the split layout is novel. The following is a list of pluses and minuses that we found with our stay:
Plus features
•	Generally clean
•	Comfortable bed in ground floor bedroom
•	Refrigerator, washing machine, dryer, cooktop, microwave and TV in good working order – although a manual for the oven would have been useful
•	Generally ample cutlery and crockery
•	Ample built-in pantry and kitchen storage space
•	Secure off-street parking in double garage
•	Located across from local hotel which offers very good pub meals and friendly service
•	Located within walking distance of several restaurants, take-away and hotel venues
•	Split level heating cooling system in both ground floor and upstairs areas
•	More than adequate electrical power outlets
Minus features
•	Concrete ground floor in main living area which sucks any heat out of the room
•	No blinds or curtains on the windows in the main living area – this both reduces privacy and causes an excessive amount of heat to be lost from the main living area
•	Difficult to use oven with inadequate instructions provided in the guest guide
•	Very poor and unreliable WIFI
•	Privacy violated when a person came in through the side gate to access accommodation at the front of the building
•	Significant and constant traffic noise
•	Dangerous feature is shelves on the north wall of the ground floor bedroom – there are three shelves that step down the wall. The second and third of these shelves are a collision hazard for anyone getting into and out of that side of the bed.
•	Rude, insulting and misogynistic attitude of the Host to queries concerning the accommodation.
•	Very uncomfortable office chair with the upstairs’ desk
•	Average cupboard joinery
•	Poor sealing between skirting boards and concrete ground floor surface
•	Deceptive explanation of “Netflix” availability – in reality Netflix is only available if the guests has their own Netflix account.
In the end, the main factor in deciding whether to extend our stay at the property was the extreme rudeness of the Host and the lack of clarity concerning cleaning and general services for a long-term stay,
We decided to move to more pleasant serviced accommodation albeit that this adds about 5 minutes more to our daily trips out to our house while the renovations are progressing.
We will not be staying at this Airbnb again and we will not be recommending it to any of our friends and family.