The room in the ad is not available, he took a photo of his current roommates room for the photo.
He got a roommate for all existing rooms long before I showed up and he was aware of this.
I arrived and no room was available despite booking one.
To “fix” this he gave me his bedroom, a windowless room with ceilings barely over 5 feet high with hair littering the floor and lotion and tissues still on the night stand.
While he in turn slept on the couch in the public main room on a pile of dirty clothes, and sometimes slept on the living room floor.
He isn’t honest about a key deposit, first he won’t tell you, then he won’t return the money when you return the key, which is what a deposit is. He won’t give you a key to get back in unless you pay him cash separately from any Airbnb transaction upon arrival.
He smokes in the house. Everything smells like mildew. There are baby roaches in the sink. Rotting fruit gets left out until it’s covered in flies. Another roommate appeared to have bedbugs/bedbug bites all over her arms.
When his roommate mops/empties the dryer water the water gets put into the shower without rinsing it, you’ll have to fully clean the shower if you need it.
His mom is nice and will clean for him (he appeared to be in his 40’s) when she’s there on occasion but otherwise it won’t be, if you’re wondering why you don’t see photos of the interior this is why.
He’ll also text you constantly and ask where you are and where you’re going Every Single Day, and if you just, go out and about on your vacation as you would, expect half a dozen texts in one night. Which is extremely inappropriate and off putting for anything unrelated to listing rules IMO.
And most charming of all, he’ll admittedly go in your room when you’re gone so bring a small key lock.