I stayed Jo Ann and her husband’s townhome for a month—because I had to pay for days I was not able to come in order to make the full month, they offered that I also stay in a small unit on their property as compensation. This was very kind of them, and I appreciated their hospitality overall. Little things like letting me use their Tesla charger were kind.
I did note a few things that could be helpful for other long term guests to know. Overall, I believe this place would be great for a short stay but just didn’t provide me the comfort I sought for the price for a month stay.
- There was a day when we found about 100 bees all over the kitchen and downstairs. Jo Ann and her husband did come in and help at our request. However, they treated us telling them about the bees very nonchalantly and didn’t bring it up again—I have a strong bee allergy, so their response just seemed a bit casual as a guest. Also, I continued to find bees for the duration of my stay.
- I was not aware that there were other residents on the property. I felt lacking privacy. The walls were also quite thin, so you could really hear everything going on.
- Wifi was spotty—I found it completely dropping during at least one zoom calls a day. I wouldn’t recommend this as a work Airbnb and often had to go to my office in LA.
- There are some small dogs on the property and next door—in the early morning they would whine and bark a few nights a week. This was very loud given the thin walls.
We also had a couple checkout mishaps that made me a bit disappointed in the host communication.
- My checkout of their townhome was supposed to be at 11am states on the listing, but the night before Jo Ann told me she needed me out by 9am. The last minute nature forced me to cancel an important work meeting. It’s okay, but I feel she could’ve communicated sooner.
- When she allowed me to stay at her smaller unit, she didn’t provide me any checkout details and seemed casual about me staying there. On the day I was planning to leave at 12:30, she banged on the door at 12pm or so and told me to leave—when I told her I was planning to leave soon and simply just didn’t know how long I could stay, she said “come on” and made me feel as if I were causing a larger problem. I felt really taken aback because she had not expressed that 12:30pm would be too late. I would have of course left if I had any idea, and I apologize if I caused any issue.