Before we left, Angela asked us to give our stay in her house a five-star review. Is our stay a five-star stay? I don't think so. Here are some of the problems we had:
1.	It’s an old house without a major upgrade to meet modern living standards. In such a situation, things start failing with age. When this happens in this case, the hostess asks you to pay for it. For example, Angela is accusing us of having damaged the kitchen countertop. We feel it’s very inappropriate of her to make such claims while renting an old house in such poor condition. If you are going to stay there, consider the following as we experienced problems:
a.	The kitchen countertop is made of plastic material. When it ages, it becomes crispy and fragile.
b.	The knob on the glass door of the shower fell off. We tried to put it back but it still came off because it simply didn’t hold up well.
c.	All the wheels of the dishwasher came off when we pulled the trays out to load dishes. You have to learn the structure of the wheels as they link to the trays and learn to put them back on before you can use the dishwasher. Also, the dishwashing powder ran out after two uses, so you probably need to buy your own dishwashing liquid too.
d.	Watch out for the stick for adjusting the blind in the main bedroom because it fell off when we stayed there.
2.	Some basic necessities were missing. There is no laundry facility, such as a clothes washing machine or dryer, available for guests. You have to bring your dirty laundry to town to wash or, as we did, bring loads of dirty laundry back home.
3.	The hot water heating system is old. No more than 2 people can take a shower or bath in the same period because the water soon turns cold and needs about 2 hours to get reheated.
4.	The wifi faded away so often we just gave up trying to use it.
5.	There are lots of flies and ants in the house. They loved the food we had in the kitchen. Mom was a physician for 40 years. Knowing that flies and ants transmit diseases and bacteria, she spent much time inside the house killing the flies and getting rid of the ants. The ants loved our honey bottle and they gathered in hundreds. It was disgusting.
6.	If you want to have a decent pan to cook dishes, you should buy one yourself like we did.
7.	You can’t cook raw meat inside the house, but you can use the old BBQ machine provided. If you don’t like grilled meat, you have to eat out for your meals. We brought loads of pre-cooked meat with us in order to abide by the house rules, but it quickly decayed.