Firslty, it was not the room listed. I booked for the room shown with the loft bed but when I showed it was his son’s room with the bunk beds. And I had only a small closet space to put my clothes in. There is some peeling in the ceiling above the shower as well. I paid for a cleaning fee but expected to clean the bathroom? I am very good about cleaning up after myself but I don’t expect to pay a cleaning fee and do more deep cleaning which is the host’s job. It was fine enough though to stay as the hostel I booked elsewhere was worse.
Secondly, he is homophobic and sexist. I pointed out that I am lgbtq oriented one night after he said a few offensive statements regarding the status of women in other countries. I also had to point out the dangers of lgbtq community around the globe and his response: wait for this, “you can’t impose your philosophy on other people.” Wow, my stomach sanked and I felt I couldn’t say anything more. He does seem nice in the beginning but be careful if you defend yourself when he says something hostile to your gender identity or when you go into discussions and then mg, how dare you disagree with him about any issues. On of his rants, he said “so what if girls can’t attend in school in Afghanistan” and about other issues for women. Of course, as a woman, I had to say something. I also felt mocked as someone who lost friends during 9/11. I had to listen to his crazy conspiracy theories about 9/11 and I did tell him that I was in NYC at the time and lost friends. He insisted that he was right since he was an architect. I tried to explain that my partner worked in the intelligence government field but he totally went ballistic. His reply was this “you respond to me the wrong way”. I felt disgusted that I couldn’t say anything more but just wanted to finish my stay. I felt uncomfortable when I was being constantly being “mansplained”, and since then felt uncomfortable there as the very next morning, he blared radio talk discussions while I was trying to eat my breakfast and then when I come back, he was blaring loud music late at night, I felt kind of pressured to leave as he suddenly invited his grown kids back home and had them sleep in the living room so I wasn’t able to eat breakfast the next morning in the kitchen. I just wanted to finish my stay as I had another accommodation booked the next day. I never stayed at an Airbnb where someone pushes their adult kids out of room to rent and then invites them back on the last night. I have no issue with a host having family staying there who live there but it seemed strange on the last night and he often went to the room where I was staying in when I wasn’t there. This should be explained in the listing but isn’t at all. He should also note that the room listed might not be the one you end up having. I can’t believe Airbnb allows someone who harbors anti lgbtq sentiments to host. This guy has zero issue with women being treated as second class citizens. He needs to tone down his “mansplaining” when speaking to female guests.
Also, he needs to note about luggage quota. I am visiting the UK for over a month and had to keep some of my own student’s belongings when my student was staying at dormitory. I didn’t think I was going to be ridculed for that. Worse Airbnb experience ever. I made complaints to Airbnb about his sexist and homophobic attitude but they don’t seem to care.