Absolutely to avoid !
My stay with Gaia ended up in the most chaotic way that I could ever imagine. Even if I know that she will answer my comment saying that everything is my fault, I prefer to explain what happened because it is A SHAME !
She threw me out of her flat in 5 minutes, yelling at me, without letting me the time to find another place to stay.
My mistake ? I used her gas to cook gnocchis while she said during the check in days ago to not use it (While she told me to not use the microwave). But even if I misunderstood, even if I did a mistake and used her gas while she did not want to, is that a VALUABLE reason to put a foreign young woman with 3 lugages, nothing in the stomach and nowhere to go OUT ?
Also, when I was down in the entrance hall of the building, trying to figure out what could I do, she went down and again, told me that I had to go OUT (like, in the street), that I could not stay down there.
I stayed 3 nights at her place, I didn't use her kitchen and when I cooked 7 minutes for the first time without knowing that she wouldn't allow it, she threw me out.
I was surprised the first days by her behavior; she was calling me everytime I was not in the flat, not to make sure I was okay, but to know where I was; she entered in my bedroom the evening to close the lights while I was not sleeping.
I pass the details such as the fact that it is writen in the bedroom wall to not waste water and light in order to protect the environment while it is just an alibi to save the maximum of money possible.
Gaia is obsessed by her SuperHost status. As she told me, she considers it as her job : her announce is made to attract the maximum of people, win the maximum of money and make sure you use the less possible.
Again, I stayed at her place 3 nights, and since I was out almost the totality of my stay, it was unfair to point me as someone that wastes her gas and light.
Her SuperHost status matters more than people. Her behavior is against the AirBnB spirit.
I am really chocked and sad of what happened with her.