The bedrooms are the best part of the house, the linens are clean and the mattresses are very comfortable to sleep on. The other areas, well, I could only say that they weren't meeting my expectations after seeing the listing pictures, especially the super worn out leather sofa and chair.
The gate and passcode system makes the place feels very safe and it's very convenient to check in and check out. I do want to mention that the neighbor's dog barks pretty often, and there were some crackling sound regularly coming from the ceiling/walls as if someone was walking upstairs (which is weird since the place only has one level). It wasn't bothering us too much so I never reached out to Jeremy on this, but just a heads up for anyone who is sensitive to minor noise during their sleep.
I strongly agree with the previous comment that Jeremy is a bit of a weird communicator. Here's our two seperate conversations:
Me: "What's the Wi-Fi?"
Host: "It's all in the app. Can you not see it in there?"
(he did follow up with the password)
Me: "I just want to say the kitchen overall looks uncleaned and there's tons of bread crumbs in the mini oven"
Host: "The toaster?
- I’m sorry to hear that I’ll talk to the cleaners but I assure you it was professionally cleaned. The tile on the countertops just look like that even when you scrub
- The toaster is for making toast so there may be some bread crumbs in it I can have the cleaner who lives in the house clean to for you if you set it outside
- I apologize if it isn’t clean please send photos"
After I sent him a photo for inside of the toaster covered with bread crumbs:
Host: "Ok well please set it out your door and we can have it cleaned if it’s an issue
- Have never had anyone say anything about it
- Apologies
He did offered an option for us to check out on the night of, but my aunt was very tired from her 13 hours international flight and didn't want to pack and unpack again, so we decided to complete the stay.
I don't know how others may react to these replies but I wasn't feeling very pleasant and welcomed. It could just be a cultural differences thing, but I had never been replied by a host in this way from my multiple renting experiences with Airbnb in both U.S. and China.