My experience here wasn't as good as other people. I made sure to contact the host 3 months out to tell her I was traveling with 2 little schnauzers. We were driving from SF to Phoenix and stopping in LA to break up the 11 hour drive. And doing the same thing on the way back a week later. So I booked this place for the drive down and back. I was coming from work so I knew I wouldn't arrive until 11 pm, and emailed Joani to let her know.
When I arrived, exhausted after 11ish, I came inside to find the common areas littered with another persons trash, coke cans and tissues everywhere (like really you had to leave your tissues all over the coffee table, you couldn't have thrown them out when you got up to go to bed??). I didn't want to wake the other person so I left the lights off, put my dogs into the bedroom, took of my shoes I went to the fridge to put in a bag of groceries I had. Immediately my feet felt wet and my socks soaked. I turned on the light and the entire kitchen floor was flooded with water. Towels were soaked around half the perimeter of the kitchen but the rest of the floor looked like a splash pool. Really! This other guest apparently didn't bother cleaning whatever mess he made. I took photos and emailed Joanie immediately, thinking something was wrong, to tell her her kitchen was flooded and wasn't sure why. Annoyed, I went to bed.
Woke up the next day, got dressed, grabbed my dogs and went to grab my stuff in the fridge. Kitchen was still soaked everywhere with water. I couldn't walk anywhere in it. So I didn't bother to make any breakfast and just decided to leave. As I was leaving the other guest walked out of his room, surprised to see dogs (as my dogs didn't make a peep the whole night) and left. Didn't apologize for his mess everywhere either. Two minutes later he came back in and confronted me in a hostile manner, telling me I shouldn't have my dogs here and it "wasn't allowed." Umm really?!?! I got permission. Either way its clear she didn't tell the other guest, who left the kitchen soaked in water and his crap everywhere like a slob. I was shocked but kindly responded I had contacted the host prior and got permission and if he had an issue, he should take it up with Joani, not yell at me!
I left, and Joani never responded to my message about the issue, either to apologize or explain.
I called AirB&B who thankfully cancelled my reservation on the way back in a week so I wouldn't have to pay a service fee. I booked to stay somewhere else.