We stayed for just over a week. I think this was a little long for Alison as she was only used to people staying a night. We agreed before hand that we could use her kitchen to cook and then she restricted the cooking utensils we could use even though we always washed up after use.
Check in was a little stressful. Alison didn't tell us about the recycling rules in the area which resulted in us coming back to a note on the kitchen table. Every evening we came back to a note about something. She was very stressed about the cats. She came into my room while I was asleep at 6:30am to ask me about the cats.
Overall staying with Alison was a little stressful. It was impossible to relax. Maybe staying here one night is best.