Very strange stay with many house rules. Host made us wear socks upon arrival. She does not let us turn on lights in the day because it is “expensive”. She also accused us of using a bath towel to clean the very wet bathroom floor. Thereafter, she counted our towels one by one and confiscated them when she found out that we brought our own towels.
Room is generally clean but small, not well ventilated. Light is faulty in the night and somehow gives a glow even when turned off. Toilet door and room door cannot be locked, and can potentially be shared with 4 other guests (2 other rooms). Water is not hot but merely “not cold”. Her cat is a frequent visitor to our room but a lovely addition to the stay. The room is upstairs, and the stairs are guarded from animals by a huge canvas delicately balanced between a mini iron and a can of chips. It’s a stressful navigation especially when you don’t want to keep the lights on for too long.
Previous guests left mouldy sandwiches in the cupboard which were promptly cleared after we reminded the host.
Overall, I don’t feel safe and welcome here. Stay here if you desperately need a place to stay and have no other choice. I really don’t know how to feel about this stay, it was nice that the host offered tea and showed us the way out during checkout. Maybe it was the language barrier, maybe it was really just strange.