Unfortunately, we had a very poor experience at this Airbnb -- our first bad one after years of great experiences on the platform.
THIS AIRBNB IS NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY, especially if you have younger kids.
The home is mostly renovated and beautiful. There's a standing table and dedicated work space in the living room, the bedrooms have a good amount of space and storage. The internet has great speeds (~100 mbps down).
However, the listing fails to mention a few critical elements that are important for families with kids:
- The living space at the "back" of the house is completely sealed off. There's no way to enter this part of the house, which is the ONLY WAY to access the backyard from inside the house. The doors to this space in the house are completely plastered and "walled" in. If you have young kids like us, that means you can't let the kids play in the backyard without having them exit the front door, and walk around the property. You also have VERY LIMITED VIEWS to the backyard from the house (there's only 1 window in 1 of the bedrooms that goes to the backyard, but it doesn't have a view of the entire backyard), so you can't keep an eye on the kids. We did not expect to have an additional living space (because the listing does not mention this at all); however, it's very important that future guests know the backyard is essentially detached from the house, and there's no access at all from inside the house because of the sealed rooms at the back of the house.
- There is a tripping hazard in the backyard where the pavement has sunken in, and there's some remaining debris / bricks just laying around the backyard.
- The single bathroom has a very tight design, so there's very little space to attend to a kid in the bath -- you have to first enter the bathroom, then completely close the door, or the door gets in the way of the bathtub and toilet.
The host declined to give any partial refunds for the stay, we ended up leaving after 2 days even though we had booked 80+ nights. If you aren't a family, don't have young kids, this could be a great Airbnb with great internet speeds. If you have kids, I'd look at other Airbnbs. If we had known about the sealed rooms and detached backyard, we would have never booked this place.