We had booked a room with the host for one night and had earlier communicated that we would be arriving around 9-10pm (estimated time) that evening. Admittedly, we had arrived early at 8:15pm due to less traffic.
When we knocked on the door, the host opened the door and remarked that we are early and that she had not finished cleaning the house. Now an ideal scenario would be to politely ask to return later and we would have gladly done that. But upon opening the door the hosts body language and facial expression was very negative. She looked agitated and frustrated. Which immediately made us feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. Now if we had arrived in a hotel, the reception desk would have politely asked us to wait in the lounge or to come back later. Regardless, we offered politely twice to come back later but she said we could come in.
Upon entering the room we had paid for, we felt quite at a loss for words as the room was too small. The host was well aware that we are coming with a 6 month baby and the room hardly had any space for a travel cot and the bed was only fit for two adults. We would have to push the bed to the side to accommodate for the travel cot and that would have made it harder to move around the room. Further, the room was not generally clean (we dont know if she had finished cleaning the room but she did take us to the room herself) , the door knob was loose, the windows were dusty, the floor was dirty, there was a tawdry arrangment for a kettle that was on the floor and the bathroom had wobbly fittings. And after the very unwelcomed entrance we were not too keen on staying a moment longer.
The rest of the house was even more dirtier. The room the birds were in was extremely dusty and you could small the bird poop at the door. The kitchen counter had piles of dusty papers. And we dont think an extra 45 minutes would have made it much cleaner. Overall, it was a short unpleasant stay as we did not end up staying the night, we just sat in the room for barely an hour and left. Would not recommend to anyone.