Good:
Christine was very friendly, and helped a lot with my initial arrival e.g. being in to receive my bike delivery.
The house is in a great location, right by a tram stop and a 20 min walk into town.
There’s free apples, bread and jam so you always have something for breakfast. There's also free washing powder - these are all expensive in Zurich so much appreciated.
Bad:
There seems to be an issue with damp, meaning my room was very stuffy / smelly. I had to open the windows and keep them open for it to be bearable, which then let in bugs / mosquitoes.
The kitchen is a bit grotty and again seems to have a damp issue - the cupboards smelled so bad of rot that I kept my food in my bedroom instead.
Room layout is odd – my room was essentially part of the bathroom, meaning if someone locked the bathroom door I wouldn’t be able to get in. This is solved by using a curtain to separate off the section with the shower, but it’s still uncomfortable when people basically had to come into my room for a shower.
However the worst part was the noise. The walls and floors are paper thin, and there were 5 other Airbnb guests besides me. When the guy next to me watched movies late at night I could hear every word of the script. The people above me arrived back late most nights which would wake me up, and their walking around sounded like thunder and would keep me awake into the early hours. In the end the lack of sleep was making my job impossible, and I asked to move out early. Christine initially indicated that the money would be refunded, but in the end only returned part of it.
Overall this wasn’t a great experience – if you don’t plan on doing much cooking and sleep like the dead it might be ok, otherwise I’d pay a bit more and go somewhere nicer.