Very disappointed in this stay. The pictures made it look so cute and cozy and bright. It's not that at all. It's dark with lots of iron gates. The floor is very beat up. Not on listing but A/c in bedrooms and house creaks at night. Can't open windows because it's too loud. No parking on driveway.
Worst part was the neighborhood. Airbnb needs to do better qualification on neighborhoods where Airbnb is requested or rank them before allowing them to be there. The neighborhood was unsafe. A prostitute walking around out front, garbage everywhere, loud screeching at night. Lady working at Walgreens demanded cash only "for the day" and after talking to the nice people at the double tree who we then checked in with, they were surprised we didn't get mugged there. For a traveler who knows nothing about their destination and is coming from far away, this is upsetting because the pictures don't show it and none of the listing talks about it.
We had to dig in reviews to find the mention of these things. Because of the neighborhood we felt unsafe to reach out to the host (who we don't even know who it actually is) when you message Raymond "Alex" responds and there's an "Elaine" on the listing too. All feels very shady and scammy. Host said he won't refund us.
Worst part is we are now out over $500 for a one night horrific stay and the best Airbnb could do was refund us $150.
Maybe categorize them by quality?
2 star - potentially rough neighborhood
4 star - well reputable neighborhood
Do better for your travelers. I won't be using Airbnb again.