I have never written a negative review on Airbnb, mainly because I believe that people have different tolerance levels. Creaky doors, creaky floors and thin walls would never have made it into this review it not for a particular incident that happened one night as I was in the room. The hosts (husband and wife) had gotten into a rather loud dispute (re: thin walls), and eventually the argument escalated and the host started hurling racist abuse at his Chinese wife.
Phrases like "f-king money grabbing Asian" and "f-king Chinese" were repeated over and over again for what must have been about 20-30 minutes. I was sitting in bed equal parts horrified and terrified, being a solo female traveler well within the geo-ethnic range of his abuse. I avoided the hosts for the remainder of my stay which thankfully was only one day. When I left Edinburgh, I felt like I was fleeing.
I'm truly sorry to be spreading yet more negativity on the internet, but this incident is something I think the Airbnb community deserves to know about.