Overall, I was not happy with this stay. I stayed for a week and cooked all of my meals in the apartment. After we left, the owner contacted me and said that we left the place “excessively dirty” and asked for an additional $50 to pay their cleaning company extra money to clean it, on top of the $85 cleaning fee we had already paid. When I asked them what they thought was excessively dirty, they sent me pictures of, I kid you not, 6 pieces of onion on the floor underneath the table, 1 crumb on the kitchen floor, 3 crumbs on the kitchen counter, etc. I told them that I don’t agree that the place was excessively dirty so I’m not okay with paying an extra cleaning fee but they kept insisting. They said that their cleaning fee only includes a basic turnover service (which apparently doesn't include sweeping floors or wiping counters). It honestly led me to believe that they don’t normally clean the apartment between people, which is pretty gross. Especially when someone stays there for a week, the place is going to need to be cleaned.
On top of the host’s inappropriate behavior after my stay, there was an interior door between the apartment and the owner’s house and the sound from their house traveled into the apartment frequently. Their alarm system keypad seemed to be right on the other side of the door and it beeped loudly every time they came home. We also heard movies playing, a dog barking, and people yelling and banging around / dropping things. I also had very poor cell service in the apartment (AT&T). Using the oven on the antique stove was complicated so we stuck to just using the burners. The kitchen sink clogged easily which made it difficult to do our dishes. The bathroom light flickered almost constantly which made me nervous that the lights were going to go out while I was in there. Only one small trash bag was provided for the entire week.
I had to wake up early every morning for medical treatment - so I just wanted a quiet, relaxing place to stay for the week. I chose the wrong place. It was way too noisy. I also think that it’s clear that the host is not used to people cooking in the apartment. If you’re planning to cook, I would recommend staying elsewhere. You should also plan to sweep the floors and scrub down the kitchen before you leave or they’ll harass you for an extra cleaning fee. It would probably be a better move to just stay somewhere else though. This place is so not worth the stress of dealing with the hosts.