We stayed in this room for about 7 weeks. Apologies for the long review, but I feel I have to share the experience and I hope some of you find it useful (I wish we had clarified some information before booking the room).
Let's start with the positive aspects we liked in the property: Jackie (one of the hosts), was very present, responding fast and very polite whenever chatting. She also greeted us with a box of chocolate at check-out which was a nice touch. The room is not small, I would say normal size for 2 guests, and the amenities included could be OK for a short stay. For a long stay, however, the experience is different and I think there are several things/aspects that should be improved or at least clarified in the description, so we know what to expect when moving in.
First of all, this property has 7 rooms that are rented either to permanent tenants or to AirBnB guests, so the common areas can be busy or get dirty quickly because of several people being around (there were days we were sharing the common areas and the laundry/cooking facilities with other 7 or more guests). The bathroom was quite small and we had no storage/shelves to put any toiletries. The sink was so tiny that even the hand-wash was placed on the floor. Although we were supposed to share the bathroom with only one other guest, it was sometimes used by other guests in the house as well (probably because it was next to kitchen, dining area). There was no WiFi reception in our room, so we couldn't use internet when we moved in. Jackie responded very fast and tried to solve the problem, but nevertheless it took up to a week to get it fixed, which was very inconvenient, as I was working from home so my job was affected a lot during those days. The noise isolation in the house was not great, so it could get noisy in our room (located in the ground floor) from activities in the upper floors. The house in general is old and needs renovation to improve/fix several issues; to give some examples, the heater in our room stopped working and we were with very little heating for a couple of days with very cold weather; half of the lights were broken; there was a leak in our shower, etc. Although Jackie responded within an hour and would arrange for a handyman to fix things, there were several issues/things that needed to be resolved which did not make our stay pleasant. Furthermore, several necessary amenities needed for a long-stay were in small quantities (or not provided at all), so we had to buy them. Just to mention a few, there was no mirror we could use; there was only one chair (so not both of us could sit and work at the same time); the wardrobe in the room is quite small for 2 people, so we had to keep most of our stuff in our luggage (we wouldn't mind if we were there for just a few days, but this is quite inconvenient for a period of 2 months); there was no chopping knife, no salad ball, no tapper-ware we could use to keep/store our food (we had to buy some of these) - we were given the very minimum cooking/eating stuff (2 plates, 2 forks, spoons, 2 cooking pans, 2 cups, 1 glass, etc.,). I present here just a summary, but there were several small inconvenient details.
The booked the room with a monthly discount because of the long-term stay, but we felt it was still expensive for the area (zone 5) and the standards of the property, so we asked the hosts to give a small refund (so we also get back some of the money we spent to buy the things missing). They refused to do that; Jackie was polite in her messages, but Sam was quite disrespectful during a phone-call we had. when he called us he was quite insulting and I quote "I see a pattern in you, you are trying to blackmail us and get money from us; you are not getting any refund and you can leave and go to a hotel if you don't like it here". We have used AirBnB many times and we never had any problems with the hosts. In this case, I don't think we were unreasonable - we only asked for basic living standards. We reported the overall situation to AirBnB and we were seriously considering to move out. The AirBnB team was very supportive and helpful with this situation, but due to time limits and some personal matters we could not move to a different place, so we had to stay until the end of the reservation.
I hope future guests have better experience.