-Bring your own towels if you’re a larger party, unless you are ok with sharing wet towels. We were given 6 for party of 8.
-Also bring your own fan. The “a/c” is an archaic box with a large tube that you wedge into the window. It apparently moves warm air out of the house?
-There is only 1 parking space in a garage that can accommodate a compact car. Additional parking is first come first serve public parking on the street with a 2 hour limit between 8 am and 6 pm. Not a deal-breaker but in the instructions for check-in, you’re directed to park tight against the garage. Don’t do this or you’ll get towed.
-Air hockey table looks cool, but doesn’t blow air very well.
I could’ve overlooked these minor annoyances if the host/owner wasn’t rude, unhelpful and intimidating. I should have known better from reading the reviews that this person would be difficult to work with. You’ll notice, if the review is negative, the renter is very defensive and will shift blame to the customer. A little story to illustrate…
The garage is separate from the house. My family member got something from the car in the garage, locked it from the inside and left through the carport entry essentially locking the car in the garage. We contacted the host to ask for help and were told someone would be sent. Shortly after I received a second message saying there wasn’t key and I would need to call a locksmith. When I suggested the host send a locksmith (since it is not my house to give a locksmith consent for services) and I was told “You locked the car in the garage on your own; you had nothing but complaints. Call a locksmith and vacate.” Even though I we were not given clear instructions for navigating the home, nor were we told the garage door should not be locked, the host blamed me telling me they had never had anyone lock the garage door before. At this point I just want to get out of there as quickly as possible, so I pay 230$ for a locksmith who worked on the door for 45 minutes. The only way he could open the door was to replace the deadbolt. I get permission from the host and the locksmith places a temporary deadbolt. The locksmith instructed me there would be no key for the temporary, however, he would come back with one and change it out for the owner (providing the owner with a key). I tell the host, provide the locksmith’s name and personal cell and the host immediately starts intimidating me stating they will report and fine me for changing the lock without providing a key to a door that had no key to begin with. They said “I’m not going to have this issue again with another guest, if they lock the door and you did not provide a key.” I don’t understand how it is my responsibility to now to ensure there is a key for the next guest, when again, there was no key to begin with. So my family members had to go to Ace hardware, change out the deadbolt quickly so we could get out in time for checkout. It was an incredibly stressful way to to end our trip. To top it off the host was audacious enough to send me messages requesting 5-star reviews and social media tags. I would not suggest this host to my worst enemy. This was my first time using Airbnb and the experience left such a bad taste in my mouth that I will never do it again.