When I booked the place I chose it because the price was low and the location was excellent. The house did not look very nice but it did look comfortable, in other words it met my minimum requirements. I was staying during Comic Con weekend so it was very hard to find a hotel we could afford that had vacancy, this was my first time booking an Airb&b.
When I booked the location I saw that it said "shared living space" but also had seen that the host stays elsewhere when guests are present from previous reviewers. It was important to me that I knew I would have privacy for myself and my friend so I called Mercy directly on the phone to ask her where she would be located for the duration of our stay, to which she responded she would be staying with a friend at her house in the area. I responded that this was perfect.
I had seen previous reviews that showed she was the type of host to stop by and check in on her guests so I was still hesitant at this point about the entire deal, but I proceeded anyway and gave her the benefit of the doubt.
Minutes after meeting her and her showing us the rooms we gather around the dining room table and she proceeds to casually tell us that her plans have changed and she will actually be staying in the master bedroom in the house with us the entire time. Needless to say we were livid and wanted our money back right away. Check in was already late in the day and now we would have very little time to find another arrangement. We were so upset that Mercy was not honest or thoughtful or sympathetic, she simply told us that she had done nothing wrong and that it showed a shared living space on her profile. We responded that we understood this detail but we were upset because when asked directly she said one thing and then at the LAST SECOND she said it would be another thing. She gave NO NOTICE, and that is where the problem was. On top of everything she was a very un-trusting host, she was very protective and rude of her space, not a welcoming feeling.
I would not recommend this host to anyone she was nothing but anxiety and miss-treatment. She would constantly tell us that no men could sleep over after already telling us multiple times before she even met us, I told her we respect the space and that would not be an issue. She acted like an parent and it was very uncomfortable and just down right upsetting.
Do not stay here. Period.