I'll start with the positives. Jiang's place was in a great location. The walk to Akihabara was about 15 minutes, there was a Lawson's right downstairs (super convenient), Coco's Curry was about a 10 minute walk, and there was a supermarket nearby as well. We were a group of 6 travelling together and the accommodation was big enough to house all of us. The host was very responsive whenever we contacted her and was very accommodating for our late check out request. The neighbourhood was very quiet and, while there were other airbnb's around, we didn't hear too much noise from the houses around us.
However, that's pretty much where the good points end. We had problems with check-in because the code that was given to use to get the key was incorrect. After trying many times, we got in touch with the host, who then proceeded to give us one more incorrect code before giving us the right one. It took us 30-40 minutes to get inside the house because of this. When we managed to get inside, the first thing we noticed was the mountain of garbage bags in the patio. There honestly must've been around 20 bags of trash. We would've expected for this to have been cleaned up prior to our check-in.
The beds were extremely uncomfortable and some of the sheets felt as if it wasn't freshly cleaned. The bed had such little support that I had back pain by the end of the first week.
Lastly, during our stay, the host contacted us to inform us that the city council wanted to do some sort of fire safety check and asked if we would be around. We set aside time to make sure someone would be at the house. This would have been absolutely no problem, except for the fact that nobody from the council showed up. The host, however, did drop by during this time to put some of her things away. We were uncomfortable with this unannounced visit and felt that we had been given a fake excuse for her to come by. Additionally, we had seen her picture on the intercom prior to this incident. This made us feel as if she had previously tried to drop by unannounced and had caught us while we were away.
A few days after this incident, she contacted me to ask if it would be okay for her to stop by at 8AM to take out the garbage. She had said that she would be able to let herself in with her own key and would be quiet (which we doubted as there is a room on the ground floor that she would have to pass and it would take many trips for her to get all of the garbage out). In the end, she never showed up to take out the garbage. By the end of our stay, the trash was still there.
All in all, we were less than pleased with our stay. We will not be staying at this property and will be looking for other accommodation in the area in the future.