I really did not enjoy my stay at Surya's place. Her room with ensuite bathroom was as described and well cleaned upon arrival, but there were quite a few issues with my stay here.
The first problem was that when I arrived, the doorman immediately went to help me with my luggage, and Surya started screaming at the top of her lungs at me that I wasn't allowed to let the doorman help me carry my luggage. My luggage was 50 lbs, and I honestly wasn't going to be able to carry it up 2 sets of staircases in her house by myself. I had to calm Surya down, and let her know that I was going to pay the doorman for his help, since I knew that he was doing me a favor.
The second issue I had here was that I have allergies to animals, and Surya lives on site, full-time, with her dog. I didn't see anywhere on her listing that there was a dog, and I had really bad allergies (sneezing, watery eyes, coughing) here during my stay because she didn't disclose this on her listing.
The third issue I had here is that Surya frequently came into my room without asking me if I was comfortable with that. On my day of arrival, I went to eat dinner at around 6 pm, and was back by 7:30. When I came back, Surya came to tell me that she went into my room to turn off my light. The same thing happened on the second day, and it really bothered me that my host was going in and out of my room checking my room several times a day. I kept the light on because when I go out for dinner and come back, all the lights in the hallways are dark, and I didn't want to trip on anything. Because she was so verbally aggressive to me upon my check-in, I became extremely afraid of her, and didn't feel comfortable confronting her about her behavior. The room clearly has a lock, but she doesn't give her guests a key, and now I get why she does it. She is incredibly controlling, violates the privacy of guests, didn't actually disclose that she has a dog which is a huge problem for guests who are allergic to animals like me, and was disrespectful of me the whole time. Yes, her room is nice and clean, and the neighborhood safe, but I highly discourage staying here. This is the worst experience I've ever had with airbnb, after using this site extensively for the last couple of years.