In spite of great location and spacious room, due to the experience below, my stay was ruined.
On the day of my arrival, the host told me he was away and I have to find a random neighbor who was entering or leaving the building and enter the building with him or her. I was scheduled to arrive at around 9pm and the building was residential apartment of 20 families. It was difficult to believe a neighbor would appear so conveniently and I was thrown into the uncertainty how long I have to wait to get to the room. Besides, if a neighbor appear, there is no guarantee that he or she let me in without suspicion. In the worst case, it can lead to the trouble with neighbors, especially at night.
Worse still, torrential rain was falling and the temperature was low, and almost no awnings at the entrance. I had to give up staying the first night lest it should damage my health.
On the second day, the host was in the room and I entered the room without trouble.
It was in the midnight, while I was sleeping, I noticed the host was knocking the wall. As I cannot understand what is happening, I replied “what ?”. Then, I waked up by jet lag, I found the host lost the temper and shouted “Don’t make big noise, or leave !” As I did not do anything that makes big noise, I was completely at a loss.
Next day, just before leaving the room, I found the screw that fit the headboard to the bed, had been considerably loosened. It seems, when I turned around on the bed while sleeping, the headboard swung and hit the wall and resonated in the host’s room as “big noise”. As a former reviewer pointed out, there is no chair or sofa in the room, many former guests seem to have leaned on the headboard and it may have caused such kind of breakdown. Anyway, the “noise” was unnoticeable in my room, I couldn’t understand what’s going on and it was virtually impossible for me to prevent it.
The problem obviously lies in the layout and maintenance of the furniture. I am not to blame.
For all the host is nice and friendly on surface, I am compelled to cast grave doubt on his ability to deal with, or prevent irregular incidents adequately, from my experience mentioned above.
Without such kind of trouble, the price would be quite reasonable for the location and room. But for the reason mentioned above, I hesitate to recommend it.
More secure method of key transfer WITHOUT UNCERTAINTY must be established. Regular check and proper layout and maintenance of furniture is necessary. And above all, the host had better take hosting much more seriously.