I didn’t have super high expectations when booking this place, as I was well aware that I was booking a room in a house with a shared kitchen/ bathroom. My only issue was that there were 2 rooms, and unbeknownst to me both were booked for guests at the same time. During these covid times it just felt too risky to have 3 groups of individual bubbles intermingle... this includes the host, his house mate, me and my partner and another guest with partner. All of us sharing the same bathroom and eating area/kitchen space. Plus with each group going out and about socializing at bars/ restaurants then coming back to the AirBnB unnecessarily increased our risk of exposure.
There should have been some upfront disclosure that both rooms had been reserved for the same time and the option give to the guest to then confirm that they would like to proceed with the reservation.... these are unprecedented times in our lives and therefore require the utmost caution! It is the host’s responsibility to ensure the guest is aware of the fact that both rooms have been reserved especially when common sense would tell you that should not be occurring.
The kitchen area especially the white cabinets and around the sink there was visible spoiling. This was obviously not reassuring when we’re dealing with a pandemic and sharing the space with random strangers. The apparently clean frying pan I pulled out of the cabinet to make eggs in had old crust of whatever food particulate that had not been properly washed off it. I had to re-wash the pan and use a scrubber to get rid of the crusty stuff before I cooked in it.
The mattress and bed were awful; my husband and I tossed and turned all night slept horribly as we could hear and feel the springs with every minute movement and we woke up with back/ neck pain every morning.