Winter stay , March 2022, 2 days
- The good -
Soft but very cheap spring mattress
Effective home heating, when it is on
Warm and light duvet
Clean microwave
Hot shower
Decent lighting in the bathroom
Decent somewhat modern bathroom with an actual shower (but you stand in a bathtub), and not one of those stupid shower handles ontop of the tap in the bathtub requiring you to sit i the tub and hold the shower handle thankfully
Good quality toilet roll in the bathroom
Host is usually fast to respond
My conversation with Sally in person was very brief as she made it that way. She showed me my room and the bathroom and exclaimed at the size of my suitcase given my short 2 day stay, which was a prompt for me to explain why I had it, which I did. So neither good nor bad. Neutral.
Decent internet speed around 35 Mbps Download and 11 Mbps Upload
4 plug extension socket right next to the bed on the table thing next to the bed where the mini fridge sits on
- The bad -
The house is old and heating is not always on, so it is cold for more than half the day
The house decor is stuck in the 70's or so. Everything is old. Door knob on the inside of the room is barely hanging on.
Carpets are old and a bit dirty looking
Creaky floors
Creaky cheap bed
Ancient wardrobe and desk and ancient everything, pretty much, except the mini fridge (which had an unpleasant smell inside it) and the microwave
Outdated energy saving bulb lighting
Moving of heavy furniture sounds in the mornings and other odd sounds every now and then at night
The place is just so aesthetically unappealing it boggles my mind that anyone could live there. I started feeling pretty miserable pretty fast staying here due to the aesthetics.
The entire house had an unpleasant smell during my 2 day stay
Towels (hand and bath towels) had an unpleasant smell, as did literally everything, including the duvet

Money grabbing rule setup - check in 4pm - checkout 10am - any earlier = £5 charge per early checkout OR checkin
£20 cash deposit needed to get a key to the house - who carries cash anymore, and I have never seen anyone require a deposit for the house key.
Radiators/pipes make sounds when heating is turned on. It may be air that needs to be released
Tiny shower gel and shampoo provided with green tea in them. I didn't like the smell and more importantly, they weren't very good at cleaning.
Due to the house being old and no investment made in modernising sound insulation, sound travels easily
- Notes -
I have been using Airbnb on and off for about 6 months now due to circumstances.
What I am finding is that it is mainly people who use it as a major source of income and are struggling financially so do not heat their homes for most of the time (This may not be the case in Sally's case).
I come from a modern house where heating is on 24/7 in the autumn through to spring, with the thermostat being set between 21c-23c at all times.
I also find that the homes are usually of very poor quality in all areas, from decor, lighting, heating, insulation, quality, sound insulation etc and the same applies to the hosts. Most I have met have not been very intelligent and or have very strange personality quirks.
In order to avoid such issues, you likely will have to spend over £350 per night on Airbnb to get a decent place. Even places for £150 per night look pretty miserable on here and old and likely have all the above issues.
You are far better off at that price booking in to a nice upper class hotel.
From my searches on Airbnb, it appears that other European countries offer much better accommodation for the money. Have a browse.
If you can, book yourself in to a Premiere Inn if you can find one for around the same price or a bit more if you are staying in the UK.
I asked Sally to turn the heat on as it was very cold one time during my stay and she replied with a thumbs up emoji; but I don't think the heating was turned on till hours later.