I haven’t had a good stay at Xiong’s house. First of all the room shoved in the picture wasn’t the room I slept in, but one much smaller with a one size bed, as you cannot use the hot-tub mentioned in the page because “it’s broken”. Second, I haven’t had my privacy as Xiong got in and out my room (in my absence) and this was very disturbing (I also found him in my room one day when I got home earlier, other times I just saw disappearing glasses and small stuffs); he would say he went to open the window or checking the heater but he is just constantly checking the pillow is on the bed or the chair hasn’t moved by its “correct position”. Third, the kitchen was not allowed to be used, basically you cannot cook your own food; I was cocking my food and he told me kitchen was not allowed because of the smell (???!!), I think he was disturbed because I used a bit of his salt- :O. To use his washing machine he asks for extra 5 EUR, as the water were liquid gold. Xiong is a very obsessive person, at the beginning I thought he was obsessive with the cleaning because he asks you to clean the drops left over after the shower or to wipe the sink after cleaning your hands, but the house wasn’t that clean and I found dirt here and there; most likely he just wants to invest less efforts than possible making you do stuff to keep the house clean. He is in the house almost all the day (he only leave in the evening) to check here, you and there. Also if you want to get a shower you need to have a timer, ‘cose you can only do for 15’ and at specific temperature, and also the house temperature is cold because as he said the hit cost money resulting the house (particularly the rooms) to be quite cold, he also said it is a cultural thing (people in the north like it cold! Ridiculous!). You also need to be very careful ‘cose as he will tell you as you check in, if you lost your key he will charge you for the WHOLE deposit as “it is not possible” to make simple a key copy and he WILL NEED to replace the whole door lock, and wait for txts at nights, which he will send you to ensure the heaters is at at minimum level, which means the room will be freezing. I moved in Amsterdam and I needed a place to stay while looking for a more suitable accommodation, I thought Xiong’s house was cheap and I took it, I also ask for an extension one day after my arrival, but LUCKILY the house was booked and I managed to get a much better accommodation for the same price BUT much closer to the center. People really, my stay was really stressful and...