We initially started looking for places to stay in around October 2018. We found Jan's apartment and all three of us were immediatly blown away by how cool we thought the place and decor was. Both description and reviews stated how helpful and likeable Jan was, chatting about all sorts of topic, giving directions and suggestions and much more.
When we arrived (around 12:00 AM, one hour after the time he told us we could check-in) Jan had just woken up and asked us to wait for him to prepare our room. We waited a bit and the room was ready (one of the 3 beds wasn't "open" and setup but that wasn't a big deal). Other than that he just gave us the keys, but there was no tour or no chit chat about anything really (how the trip went, the (horrible) weather, where we came from or what our names even were.) That didn't really bother us, it just felt a bit embarassing and strange 'cause we were indeed expecting the talkative cheerful guy that's been described in almost every single review.
We were outside for most of the time and we never left or came back late because we assumed he might've just been tired and/or in a bad mood and we didn't want to be noisy or annoying, his house afterall.
Unfortunately one of the nights, Jan came back after having (and i quote) "a glass too much". He started "venting" about some personal things which i thought wasn't a big deal. He was stumbling around quite a bit which made it really clear that he had a bit too much to drink indeed. Even though it's none of our business what or how much he has to drink, i felt like it was a bit too sudden from him since we never even spoke, he sat us down at the kitchen and poured us 3 beers even though we immediatly told him it was late and we didn't want to drink (thanking him anyway). He ended up drinking those too anyway since they were left there, and he talked for a couple hours straight about nothing and everything really. He never really let us talk or jump in the discussions, he was just goin' on and on about countries and his thoughts about certain people and places and stuff. I thought some of the things he said were "a bit much" / "offensive" but once again i didn't feel entitled enough to tell the man he was wrong in his own house, it's all about being open minded and listening to opinions so i let the man vent. At some point he ate some salame with us and took a big knife from the sink to cut it with, and i must say, i was a bit uneasy at that moment 'cause the guy clearly was a bit dizzy and we were all a bit too close to each other. He also left the music and speakers on and high volume after we went into our room and i had to ask him kindly to turn it down a bit 'cause we couldn't rest.
Now, i 100% would NEVER think of Jan as a bad guy, and i feel like we respected his spaces as much as we could, but i cannot tell myself that kind of behaviour was completely justifiable. At the end of the day i really, really wish i had met the Jan from the AirBnB page, i saw how much he knew but most importantly how much he would've shared,and i understand all of us have some bad days or weeks from time to time. I just think from a SuperHost with 330+ reviews it could've been handled a bit better.
Take it easy Jan.