IMPORTANT NOTE - I did not see in the listing that even if you rent the "entire house", there is a shed on the property that they rent out to other people. Owner said it was in the listing and also said after my experience they will make it more apparent. I certainly was not aware. This shed is connected to the garage which is connected to the house. Its all part of the same structure. The shed has a backyard that shares a part of your backyard with a fence separating the two yards. You are essentially living together under the same roof, albeit separated by some walls and a fence out back.
I literally had no idea there were other humans on the property. So imagine my horror as I looked over the fence and saw a completely naked woman smoking marijuana and burning incense. Next thing her husband pops out of the shed and is ready to fight because I looked over the fence. Thats a whole other story but what matters, is know there will be other people on the property. I spent over $800 a night for this place. I cant imagine the shed rents out for more than $100. Its tiny. The level of greed here for an owner to try to make a couple extra bucks instead of focusing on the experience of his core clients who are renting the main part of the entire home is unbelievable the more I thought about it. I would have never rented the place had I known this shed exists and there were going to be other people on the property...mind you naked people smoking. I want my privacy when Im renting airbnb. I was so uncomfortable the rest of the stay and did not even get to really enjoy the backyard after this incident. My entire stay was ruined.
I was so understanding of the situation, Im an easy going guy. Called the host after my stay. We talked about the situation and supposedly they were mortified. I had told them because of how uncomfortable my entire stay had been and that I was unaware other people would be there, that I thought refunding me for just one of my three nights would be fair. They agreed that sounded fair.
4 days went by. I hard nothing. Reached back out, said they were working on it. Okay. Another 4 days, I had to reach back out again, same thing, said they were working on it. Now yesterday I reach out for the final time and they "supposedly" offer me a free night on a future stay. I have no idea when Im coming back or if the house would be available or if I would even want to stay there again. Nor do I even trust them to honor this. After a few minutes, it was apparent to me that the owner did not care one bit about my uncomfortable experience. It was clear to me that this was all about GREED. The same reason they rent a tiny shed on the property in the first place in order to eek out a couple extra bucks...of course they were not going reimburse a client for a horrible experience. I told them to not worry about the free night or even reimbursing me. I will never be coming back.