This is a difficult review to write & it seems our experience may differ from those below.

Firstly I would very much recommend you read Eugenie's listing carefully as we were in a rush to find an alternative to the previous booking which was cancelled last minute. The room will be cramped for a couple, as it is a single bed with a pull out bed below. Eugenie has gone to an effort to make this fairly comfortable however.

We would like to offer a balanced review, so to give context; my partner and I have stayed at over 20 Air B&Bs in 6 countries (across our 2 accounts) and have only ever had one really bad experience. Our hosts have always reviewed us with the highest ratings and we felt the same to them.

Starting from the beginning... we were given a warm welcome by Eugenie, however this was accompanied by a quite lengthy (10 min) introduction to the very specific and fairly numerous house rules, mostly relating to the cat. We aren't adverse to clarity or of course respecting our hosts space, but this did feel a little odd as we've never had so much of a briefing before - still we chalked this up to eccentricity and enjoyed a glass of wine with the host that evening & we bought pizza for us all.

During the remainder of the week it did feel quite restricting not being allowed to make more than extremely quick meals & not use the oven on any occasion. If we were on holiday this would be fine, but we had been in the city for over 6 weeks & had professional jobs, so didn't want to eat out every night. With no lounge and a small bedroom it makes spending much time there difficult.

The major fault we had was one that relates to principle and a lack of good nature... After using a white plastic stirring spoon, it became slightly stained - this was our fault. The spoon was soaked in bleach for a couple of days, but the night before we were due to vacate we told (via a note left in our room) that a claim for $15 to replace it with another spoon from the manufacturer of the microwave had been lodged with Air B&B. We offered to replace it with one similar in form and function as this price seemed inflated, but were told we were not allowed to provide any alternative (we even found many online for $1-$4). We were later informed by Air B&B that they were not going to charge us - so I assume they also thought this was a ridiculous request from the host.

I would hope Eugenie takes something away from the experience & adopts a less clinical & seemingly petty approach with future guests who offer to do the right thing if accidents happen.

Sadly we could not have left early enough the next day as this felt very uncomfortable.