Ok, this review was a difficult one to write as things didn’t go to plan as they usually do with Air B&B but here we go.
Firstly getting into the house. It turned out that Karen had forgotten we were arriving and so we were waiting in the car in the dark for over an hour before she answered the phone. This came through after us having to contact AirB&B customer services and they had to call her as she wasn’t getting signal when we tried. When we finally arrived, Karen was a pleasant and friendly person. She was very welcoming and made us tea on our arrival. However because of the stress and hassle of even accessing the property we had to skip on dinner and so we went straight to bed feeling very frazzled and hungry.
The house itself is a characterful victorian terrace in a really close area to the centre of Manchester. We managed to park right outside the property.
We had troubles with several parts of the stay, the facts are that we weren’t given the wifi code or information on using the tv until we had to contact Karen to do so. We had to do without for most of our trip because of getting replies late. God forbid we had needed her for more than the wifi password.
We mostly stayed in our room in the evening to try and stay warm, the beds were uncomfortable and the slats kept popping out etc.
Lastly hygiene, I understand that perhaps things happen and forgetting a guest is coming is possible. But! If you are charging guests to stay, having multiple spider webs, full bins, and rotting vegetables out with flies hanging around is just not acceptable on any level. No matter how nice the host is.