Downright dirty, a smelly kitchen, dust all over the place, a toilet that blows like a whistle when it fills back up and neighbours yelling until 2 a.m.... this is definitely not the place where you want to be. Read Oksana's review below, it gives all the details and it is true to the last word. I can't imagine where those good reviews come from...
We haven't seen Howard. He reacted to our complaint by sending someone with a towel, without even responding to our complaint. Days later I got a mail from him telling me how I left his wife in tears by telling the place was dirty. And how insulted they were. How childish can a man react to a problem that is reported to him...? I will not be surprised if he claims that we left the place dirtier than it was, just as he replied to Oksana. Well, read the reviews about her and me, and you will notice that people spontaneously praise us for being clean and respectful. Not that I'm a maniac, but I – just like you and most of the people – rather like it clean. After all, that's what you're paying for.
Anyway, pictures say more that thousands of words. And I have plenty of Howards place. It's a pity I can't show them here.
And... surprise, surprise: should you plan to rent Howards flat in the summer, be aware of the fact that he shuts down the airco from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and from midnight to 8 a.m. You can read that and other restrictions in his A4 house rules after booking his place.
This was the worst experience on Airbnb so far, and it might well be my last.