Staying here has been awful, honestly, the place was really dirty and Livingstone yelled at me more than once, once also banging on my door at 1am (see below). It was the worst experience I’ve ever had with an Airbnb.
I liked Livingstone when I first met him but from day 1 the place was really dirty, from the shower to the hallways, Livingstone said he would clean that but never did, and (worst thing by far) Livingstone yelled at me more than once, once banging on my door at 1am yelling, saying I had forgotten a light on downstairs. Over the time I spent there he left lights on many times, at least 5 times, the radio on many times, and the garden door open at least twice, so I seriously question it wasn’t him that night as well, but even if it was me that night, it could be, no problem, forgetting a light on can happen and it’s no reason to bang on your guest’s door at 1am yelling at your paying guest. Once he woke me up, that night, I went to the kitchen to get a piece of pie and he rushed into the kitchen and he yelled at me again, saying that there was no cooking at night (I wasn’t cooking obviously, and he had woken me up).
I don’t know what his problems may be, but he showed no respect for me as a guest, I didn’t feel safe, I couldn’t sleep well, and my work suffered a lot from this whole situation. He smokes a lot of weed, which would otherwise be none of my business if it didn’t probably contribute to this insane behavior. The house is full of ash from incense, to cover the smell I imagine. Again I have no problem with incense, but lots of ash falling directly on the floor in the hallways (on each floor) was never cleaned. I took pictures of that. His hair was in the shower every day, from the first one, he never fully cleaned them, for a month, even though on day 1, showing me the shower, he said “that obviously needs cleaning”. Yes it did, but he never cleaned it. I took pictures of that too.
Another time, past 11pm, as I was about to go to bed, he also yelled at me for leaving my dishes and cutlery to dry on the metal surface by the sink after washing them, as he had instructed me to do on day 1, asking if it was so hard to dry them with a paper towel and put them away, contradicting his own day-1 instructions, and once I said that I would have put them away after washing them instead of putting them there to dry if he had instructed me to do so, he yelled again adding that the kitchen floor was dirty. I took pictures of that too, there were lemon or other seeds and garlic peels on the floor, things I never once used to cook, whereas he did, so he again blamed me for his dirt and mess, again yelling at his paying guest, it was astonishing. I dried the dishes by hand and put them away every day after that, following his most recent and different instructions, as I followed his instructions throughout, but taking pictures of the dirt he left behind instead, in the kitchen, shower and elsewhere.
I liked him at first when I met him and I don’t know what problems he may have, but after these insane yelling episodes I spent my time there scared of him and avoiding him at all times, till I left. It might be ok if you stay here for a few nights, I don’t know how much he would clean and how he may behave other times, but beware. Cheers.