First of all, the accommodation is located in Shinokubo which offers a lot of food options and is filled with people.
The room is big enough for its price. Every furniture were as they looked on the website.
The rest of the experience was interesting. There were no equipment available for cleaning for my one-month stay; so I had to purchase mops and cleaning equipment. So far, not a problem.
I had a quite disturbing experience with insects here at this Airbnb, though. There were little spiders that weren’t much of a problem; they are usually harmless and easy to dispose.
Cockroaches are a different story. The first time I saw a live cockroach in the building, it was on the first floor hallway. Open apartment, so maybe it got in somehow; this was not a huge deal as long as the hosts took care of it.
The hosts’ response to this was very frustrating. After contacting them to take care of the cockroach, they replied that they will deal with them. 3 hours later, that cockroach was still there. Only after telling them the second time did they actually take care of it.
The most disturbing part of my stay here was when I found a cockroach in my room. I simply cancelled the trip before my planned check-out date. The neighborhood isn’t as clean as the rest of Tokyo, but a cockroach appearing in a room is a different story.
Besides the ‘cockroach incidents’, the hosts were easily reachable through fast messaging replies, and that was helpful. As for the OVERALL price value, I have no comment.
It is a big room for its price, that I would say.