The flat was definitely not what I expected and didn't fully match the reviews, so I thought that I should write the pros/cons.
Pros:
- great location
- clean and large space. You have a whole sun room and a view of the backyard
- mini fridge and electric kettle in room
- privacy since the room is off-set in the back of a large house with a corridor leading directly to your room
-quiet (although if you are a light sleeper you can hear the muted sound from a television being blasted upstairs until late at night)
Cons:
- the dog. As someone who loves animals, I was excited to stay in a airbnb with a pet. You can expect a misbehaved yappy small dog that barks whenever you come in and out of your room. Sometimes the owners would let the dog into the hallway, so I would go out to a dog barking at me when I wanted to use the toilet.
- no real use of the kitchen. You have to go into their living room to use it. The one time I tried to get a glass of water, the dog was jumping on me and biting my arm the entire time.
-not the most welcoming hosts. Some guests don't like to have contact with their hosts so this is a bit of a value judgement. I find it weird if you know a guest is coming at a certain time that you don't turn on the front light if you are home, or don't come down to say hello once in person when you are upstairs during a 4-day stay. Also, little things like not having a note or welcome book that gives you the wifi password (the host sent by email a couple days before but how are you supposed to get on the internet without internet?) and the vibe of the physical space was cold and impersonal.