As a frequent user of Airbnb, it is easier to identify good properties and potentially good hosts prior to booking. Lynette's place is absolutely beautiful and in a pleasant neighborhood with close proximity to the beach.
My friends and I arrived into Valencia on a Saturday night after enjoying ourselves at the Atletico Madrid game. Lynette was generous but intrusive and abrasive at times. Saturday night we played music in the apartment at what we thought was a decent volume considering it was Saturday night. We left the unit around midnight and headed out to enjoy the night. Upon returning around 5am, we were greeted downstairs by Lynette who was explaining how she would have to evict us from unit because of the volume of music.
It is beyond my understanding why we weren't given a warning prior to threats of eviction in a foreign country. Later in the morning, without us inviting her in, we woke up to Lynette in the living room urging us to wake up because we could no longer stay in her apartment. Her rationale was that our music was too loud. After dialogue, it was determined the solution to a noise violation was extreme and we stayed the second night in the apartment.
After having the aforementioned discussion, we chose not to play music at all. Lynette suggested that she would arrange a taxi for us the next day which would take us to the train station between 5:45-6am. It was discussed that the host would text and call me when the driver was en route and downstairs. To my disappointment, without knocking, Lynette entered the apartment again at 5am, urging us to leave the unit. This was very inconsiderate, intrusive, and disrespectful to paid guests.
As stated, I utilize Airbnb frequently and am fortunate to travel the world more than others. Never have I experienced such behavior from a host or felt unwanted by my host. Despite us being minorities, we are educated businessmen with superb interpersonal skills and understand the importance of respect and valuing not only people, but property.
In addition to the aforementioned, Lynette's integrity was also in question when on Sunday i was the only person physically in the apartment because I was sick. During my sleep, I was awaken with a text from Lynette instructing us to take our shoes off because she can hear us walking around. The receipt of this text frustrated and angered me as I was laying in bed and without shoes on. I was alone in the apartment for about 3 hours when the text was received. This also made me question if there ever a noise complaint.
Due to the experience, I would not stay or advise any of my friends to stay at Lynette's apartment in the future. Privacy is not respected and it is uncomfortable dealing with a host who sees eviction as the best solution without any warning because of playing music on a Saturday night.