Not cozy. Not very good value for money.
Paid for 2 night work trip - stayed first night only.
Comms with off site host Duccio were straight forward and friendly, however comms with live in host were less straight forward and immediately less welcoming.
Informed key safe broken, so host would let me in themselves. Later informed host would not be in , so key would be under door mat.
As it would be dark and road unfamiliar I asked if front door would be easy to identify, response was testy - i was instructed on no account to knock on neighbours door.
Arrived in dark house, found my room. Immediately aware that the house suffering from severe damp and mildew.
Found room, window had been left wide open- presumably to mask smell of mildew, which it didnt.
Room small and grubby, bed effectively a large single - fills room almost wall to wall. Room is part of a run down multiple occupancy house reeking of dust and rising damp.
Kitchen and utensils grubby, fridge too full to accommodate my pint of milk - so went out to eat.
On returning host sitting in kitchen / social area no light on just a candle. Went to introduce myself. Host reluctantly acknowledges me.
I asked if i could borrow a reading lamp for room - was told i hadn’t requested one and if that was a problem i could leave immediately.
Dropping request for lamp asked after a kitchen utensil - this was too much impertinence for my host - was told i was rude - was told to leave the kitchen and go to my room or leave the house.
An unbudgeted for stay in a hotel was the only alternative. Retreated to my room, decided Id stay. Within 10 minutes sat in my room, received a text instructing me to respect household, to stay quiet and not disturb other guests as they were all sleeping.
Cold night sleeping badly next to wide open window - necessary due to rank smell in room.
Left in morning for work. Fortunately colleagues sorted me out for accommodation next night .
The day after that at work received multiple texts with photos of hosts finger pointing at a bare mattress. Host wrote that I had damaged a brand new mattress never before slept upon, damaged the blanket, and both blanket and mattress now smelt badly, and that I had invaded other guests rooms - for this I was being reported to Air bnb.
There was no damage , there was no blanket in my room, the smell existed long before i arrived and i had entered no other room but my own. To make matters stranger - none of my colleagues or i can identify any damage in the photos host sent .
In my opinion this property does not represent good value for money, could be a real problem to any guests sensitive to dust / damp / mildew and at least until the damp is properly corrected and the host replaced, is unfit to be part of the airbnb community.