This place is falsely advertised, this is my story - I rented the place from January 1 to July 31, 2022:
1. You don't have the place to yourself, there are no locks to any of the rooms that you will have access to, they will claim there is a storage room on the floor you will be staying on but it is a legal master bedroom that will be used by the owners relatives at their leisure. When I contested this issue, the host got upset with me but finally agreed to not let anyone stay on the floor that I was renting for myself as "an entire place", however they proceeded to have their relative spend nights there by sneaking up at night and leaving in the morning (I took a picture of the relative coming out of the aforementioned legal master bedroom) when I reported this issue with the Airbnb they mediated with the host and then Airbnb advised that the host agreed that I could leave right away or continue to share the space with the relative. When I refused to share a place I was paying significant amount of money for to rent by myself, the only option left to do was to pack up and leave within couple of hours, effectively rendering me homeless, which I did and essentially ended up in the street, thankfully I was lucky and my friends gave me a refuge for the time being. I am an immigrant to Canada and don't have any family in the country, the host knew about this but did not hesitate to leave me with no options.
2. The owners are the host's parents who live on the first floor and the basement of the house, the mother frequently comes up on the floor to visit the storage room which in reality is again a legal master bedroom without any prior notice. The house is very old and even walking on tippy toes is loudly heard, if my phone would drop accidentally on the floor the host would come up to tell me that I was being too loud. They translated this into "throwing heavy things on the floor repeatedly at 2 am" this is laughable accusation, I am young working professional, why would I engage in such a strange behaviour, I do not own heavy objects and if I did potentially a laptop or a phone I would not throw them on the floor for giggles. Prior to booking the listing, I spoke with the host about working out from home and detailed what type of workout it was (lightweight HIIT pilates type workouts) she told me it would not be a problem at all and followed with the fact that I could play music as loud as I could, I never did but I was granted permission prior to the booking (I have documentation for everything I am detailing here).
These accusations were complete fabrication to cover up the fact that what they were doing was illegal - falsely advertising, violating my privacy, breaching my safety and continued harassment.
Issues with the listing outside of privacy violation:
1. Amenities - quite a bit of amenities listed are not provided such as a hot water kettle, iron, Amazon Prime Video, first air kit, coffee maker, baking sheet, blender, public or shared beach access and some minor others.
2. Leaky gas, when I moved in it smelled of gas for a continued time and I felt nauseous, I notified the host and it was fixed later.
3. Noise - the owners played loud music early in the mornings and afternoons when I was either sleeping or working as well as at nights when they would leave the house they would leave the radio on a very high volume and there was no way to ask them to turn it down. The owner would come up on my floor frequently to visit the "storage room" that turned out to be a legal master bedroom without prior notice to me. This is all notwithstanding the main issue with the privacy violation discussed above.
4. Continued disrespect - when I had to pack up an leave within couple of hours since they refused to have the relative leave the place I was renting, I asked for one month's rent back ($1,440) for physical, financial and emotional hardship endured, the host retaliated by falsely accusing me of damages and violence and asked $2,000 in return, thankfully I took pictures of the place when I left and provided those to Airbnb. Apart from the breach of contract, the host continued my disrespect and harassment. I will be following through with the Airbnb to mediate or arbitrate this case in need be, if the host continues harassment I will get my attorney involved. Someone needs to stop this host from treating guests this way.
Do yourself a favour and never book this listing or anything from this host. If you need evidence do not hesitate to contact me.