I have very mixed feelings staying in Edith's place.
Once we got over the initial shock of "how lived in" the place was, we were very appreciative of the large space and the number of bedrooms that was a good fit for all of us adults. Edith and her husband were very helpful, gracious and very nice to us and extremely friendly and down to earth.
Here are some not so good experiences from my point of view. I underestimated how we would feel knowing that the hosts live in the flat - I thought it maybe separate rooms or sections but we were actually displacing the hosts for the nights we were staying.
We were offered to use anything in the fridge including milk - which I was appreciative of - until my son tried to drink the milk - it was expired and gone bad at least 5 days earlier. Why offer us Milk that is expired? I wouldn't want my son getting sick from drinking expired milk - I am glad he noticed. Similar thing happened with Coffee - Edith asked us to use the coffee machine and filter. I try to open the lid of the coffee maker - it was dirty but more worrying was two big bugs flew from within the coffee maker. It was not used in a long time and unwashed/uncleaned. Which goes to my essence of the "lived in" comment.
The other issue was even though the bedsheets and pillows looked to be clean/washed, it did smell of "oldness" and wet clothes after you have slept in. and the bedsheets had ink stains.
One of our biggest issue is the lack of privacy in the bathroom shower - there was a very flimsy blind for the window in the bathroom which did little to offer any privacy when taking a showered - it didn't cover the entire window and it was completely transparent.
All in all, a not so good experience for me and my family especially with the expired milk, unwashed/bug ridden coffee maker/little to no privacy shower. I definitely will think 3 times before staying in another "host living in the flat" offering