UNACCEPTABLE TREATMENT. DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS. Photos was misleading. The furniture was arranged in a way to make the photos look like there was a much larger space available than true.
The host was very rude with directions. I asked for a specific address so that I could route myself using my GPS to his place - but instead he told me what bus to take without a stop to get off of. When I finally arrived to his place, he berated me for not listening to him and his instructions. Since I am not from Scotland , I do not know where the bus will arrive, what time it will arrive, how many stops I will have to wait for and how I will get to his house. I can not believe I was berated for such an issue. I simply wanted to know the address to his place.
Host will try to message you off of the Airbnb app. Since I was not given a key or personal access to the house, I had to ask for permission to return. There was an instance where I asked to return early due to poor weather and I also needed to take my medication. This was at 12 noon. He said I could not come back on WhatsApp until 6-7PM. This was unacceptable to me. I needed to return to take my medication and that was very important to me. It took him almost 3 hours to respond to my plea. When I finally was able to return to the house, he was still wearing the same pajamas that he wore in the morning. This tells me that he never left the house and was just unwilling to let me back. UNACCEPTABLE TREATMENT.
There was also an incident in the second morning. I was washing my face, and since there was no rug on the floor - some water was on the floor. Solomon again berated me for not fetching the mop and cleaning it up immediately and called me a fool for not doing so. I am a Emergency Department Nurse and being treated like a child is unforgivable. I never felt so disrespected.
I had to leave before the second night because I could not tolerate how I was being treated any longer. I ended up leaving at 11PM to seek refuge in an alternative arrangement due to the treatment I was facing.
This place is 1 hour away from the city by bus. I did not enjoy having to spend at least 2 hours just to get to and from the airbnb. Terrible location - I did not travel to Scotland to Edinburgh is beautiful - but Solomon made everything terrible. I could not enjoy my time here and I did not feel safe in his house. In the morning he would scold his wife and talk loudly on the phone. He does not treat his guests with respect. Had I known what I do now, I would blacklist this host and prefer housing literally anywhere else. Never in all my life have I ha such a terrible experience. DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE.