This review is difficult for me to write because I try to see the positive in everything. To start, our taxi couldn’t locate the place so we were dropped off in the neighborhood. Locals directed us and told us, “It happens all the time”. When we arrived, Coco bit my partner and drew blood. The host was very apologetic.
The neighborhood is not safe. As we walked to the Fish N Chips shop, we were approached by a bruised and bloodied man with a woman asking us for money saying they been attacked. By the chip shop, a group of scantily clad teens propositioned my partner.
The place itself is under revocation so there is only one chair in the kitchen so you either eat standing or eat in the front room on the couch with your food in your lap. Also make sure you keep the window closed in the bathroom otherwise the neighbors will see all your parts!
The hosts were polite but they did make us feel as though we were being intrusive. There are many rules such as no phone calls after 11:30pm and they even asked us to turn the TV off at midnight. (We could handle the rules). They did provide towels and we had access to a coffee maker, toaster, and some cereal in the morning.
We left the next morning only to discover the host had provided us the incorrect bus station. Luckily the bus driver guided us to the correct station. The walk to the station is also dirty and we even passed a diaper with fecal matter on the sidewalk.
I hope once the renovations are complete that perhaps others will have a more pleasant time than us.