We stayed 4 nights at David's place. His place was lovely and clean. Neighbourhood was beautiful. However, I wouldn't say we felt stress-free and relaxed at his place.
Upon our arrival, David was very welcoming, even offering us tea. Taking time out to chat with us, recommending us places to eat and visit.
On the second day, we unintentionally left little specks of black stuff, most probably "fur" from our clothes, in the bathtub. David asked us (nicely I must add) to wash it down in the future, leaving the bathroom clean for him to use, as he has left it for us. It was a perfectly reasonable request. But from that, we can sense that David is very organised and strict. Thus, we tried our best to keep it down when we move around the house, off the lights when we leave, close the door lightly behind us, putting things down lightly, so that we willl not disturb him. We respect him and his place. But this is where we started feeling pressured to be in his house.
On our third day, we reached home at about 1030pm. After chilling for awhile, we went to take a shower. I showered at 1115pm and my partner showered at 1130pm. When my partner was in the shower, David knocked loudly on our door, and asked if I have read the house rules. I admit, it is my fault for not reading the houserules. I have no excuse for my personality of not reading every single thing. But I could tell David was very angry at the fact we broke the house rules, stating that guests can only shower between 7am-1130pm. Also, it definitely does not feel good being scolded after days of trying our very best to respect his place, being extremely quiet and clean.
I can also tell that David was upset about me asking if the seating room was our bedroom (they looked similar to me). But to me, it was just an innocent question/conversation that he does not need to get upset about.
In my humble opinion, David should not expect everybody to lead the same lifestyle as him, getting upset if one doesnt research enough to know which is the bedroom and which is the sitting room. If he wants to earn some cash via airbnb by opening his home to strangers, he should be ready to accept different people with different lifestyle. He should also be more flexible with little specks in the bathroom (it is not like we left the bathroom in a complete mess), or us bathing at 1130pm (it was not like we made a lot of noise, or bathing at 3am). I would have felt more comfortable and at ease if he was more laid back.
Will I stay at david's again? Defintely no. Will I recommend it to others? Yes, but read the house rules.