I stayed a full week.
Absolutely nothing like the pictures. This house is never cleaned. His listing description says he “deep cleans and sanitizes the rooms” and that “faucets and door handles are cleaned / sanitized every 24 hours” which is a lie.
This is not a place you should stay in if you’re concerned about your health, quiet, and the safety of your belongings.
There are 2 rooms, one old / outdated and one slightly modern with a white bed. Mine was the old one. The door has a key but the lock doesn’t actually work. The latch pushes into the door and doesn’t reach the wall so it actually remains open and even if you lock the knob and press on the door it will open easily. I feared my belongings would be tampered with while I was out. The property is accessible 24/7 There was a couple of guests in the room across from me who were clearly not normal, the guy ranting about wanting to hurt / abuse the woman and how broke they were, and that he was going to find drugs to do. I felt unsafe and didn’t leave the property until they checked out. Robert didn’t notify them to quiet down after 20 minutes of yelling and only brought it up when one of them had to ask him a question. I wished he would have addressed the type of conversation they were having which anyone could hear from a mile away.
Everyone is right - the pictures show a different, deceiving version of the space. I was very disappointed to see the room floors are kept unswept (lots of grime on the floor). He doesn’t wash anything in between guests except the sheet that sits under the comforter, which means you’re sharing the sheets you lay on, the pillows, and the comforter with everyone who stays here and there are a LOT of people in and out within a very short amount of time. I could smell the last person that was in my bed. The rooms are never cleaned.
The bathroom was a door down from my room and all you can hear is men peeing all day as if it’s right next to your ear. Sometimes Robert pees with the bathroom door open. The bathroom is disgusting and so it the shower which has stains. There were shavings of very beard hairs in clumps all over the inner shower curtain. One review said he gives you shower shoes but that’s not true, and the shower floor is probably the dirtiest part of all.
Robert gets up by 7:00 am and plays music, talks, sings, plays fetch with his dogs, etc so don’t expect to sleep in, ever. This is HIS house and is not treated otherwise.
This place is a loud - From 7 am to 11 pm, there isn’t a single noise, sound, conversation etc you cannot hear. Sound travels like there are no walls, they are like paper. You can hear anything and everything with no mistake as to what is being said. Robert’s room is in the kitchen and you can hear him loudly in there, where he often has a guest or a phone call, and in the living room where the tv is on all night long (til 11 daily) while he talks back to it. I can hear the persons conversation in the room across from me. Noise will immediately wake you up. I am not a light sleeper.
My room was the lesser option (not the white bed, the old looking room) and is dirty. It was never swept prior to my arrival and immediately smelt the last person that was in my bed. The desk and floors were just too dirty for me to feel comfortable and other people’s hair was left in the room and on the bed. A rug would have helped a tiny bit. Even the pillows weren’t comfortable - I couldn’t lay my head on them since they were not flat. The comforter is extremely old and uncomfortable. It probably has not been washed in a very long time. The bed itself is comfortable.
The kitchen is messy on all surfaces. with grime everywhere. Everything is exposed and sitting on the counter tops. There’s food stuck on his dishes in the cabinet and the cutlery is rusted or stained. The sink is stained, the kitchen sometimes smells, as does the toaster oven. The refrigerator has grime and particles and there isn’t room made for guest perishables but you are allowed to use it.
I tried staying here to save money but it’s not worth it. The only good part were the dogs but one had fleas that made it to my bed since id let one walk into the room to say hello (I am a dog owner myself). I can’t imagine what other parts of the house have fleas. Robert treats his dogs well except he doesn’t take care of their fur, they both have a ton of matting all over, especially the bigger one who was super dirty, it just breaks my heart they don’t get groomed.
There is a washer and dryer in the back house. There is an unkind political sign out front.
Robert is a friendly but didn’t recommend any places to go other than a restaurant area close by. I do not recommend this place except for a very last resort / an emergency. I tried not to use the kitchen except for the toaster and never used the living space because it’s not welcomed. It also has dog food just laying all over the floor in front of the couch at all times. I kept my room in its original state as ‘clean’ as possible given the circumstances. Had I seen a broom or mop, I probably would have cleaned the bedroom floor myself just so I didn’t have to constantly wear my shoes around and step in other people’s hairs and grime.