To put it politely — Chiara is a fine host if you don’t expect to be around the house (at all), if you occupy your existence to your room when you ARE home, and if you’re willing to put up with intense passive-aggressive behavior when she is irritated (which is often and seemingly unprovoked).
During my stay I tried to make sure in every way that she was satisfied with my habits of tenancy — cleaning dishes immediately after use, taking out her garbage and recycling on a continual basis, tidying up the kitchen after she ate... you get the idea.
Unfortunately, it seemed like Chiara flipped a switch on me one day. While I was in London she got upset at me for eating some chocolates that were left on the kitchen table. She said we needed to have a “serious talk” about whether “we could live together”, when she knew that I’m a student here and needed to depend on consistent, affordable housing in a foreign country.
Within one week, she kicked me out of her apartment which effectively left me homeless. Her rationale was that I was “untrustworthy” and “didn’t take her seriously” — even though my only actual mistake was falling asleep after a long day of classes before she arrived home from work at 10.00pm to “have a talk with me”.
After I was kicked out, Chiara additionally tried to assign all sorts of random damage to me that I’ve had absolutely no part in. I wish I could look back on this experience with fondness but this has honestly been one of the worst, most stressful housing experiences in my life. Maybe you will have better luck.
(PS - I have screenshots of all of our conversations if you’d like to request any more info about this host before booking)