Noe is a warm and welcoming host and his accommodation is largely clean and affordable.
I did, however, have a near-miss incident that almost resulted in bodily injury while staying at his accommodation.
I work as a traveling nurse on the nightshift and so I need a quiet space to rest during the day before I go to work. I communicated this to Noe when I initially booked my reservation, however, on multiple occasions I was woken up while trying to sleep to the sound of loud talking and people going through the place.
I was scheduled to work three overnight shifts in a row, and during daylight hours before my second shift I put on my noise-cancelling headphones to help me rest before leaving for work that evening. I was taken aback when I left my room to use the bathroom when I found an unknown elderly gentleman in the living room . He said he was an exterminator and had already begun fumigating the space for cockroaches. Noe had not communicated this with me beforehand and so, in a panic, I grabbed my phone and messaged him for clarification. While I was typing, the exterminator apologized and said he had knocked, but received no response so he let himself in (I could not have heard him because I was wearing my noise-cancelling headphones). He also said , unfortunately, that since he started the process, I would need to vacate the premises for safety and that the entire process would take about 3 hours to complete. Noe did respond in real-time, and he regrettably confirmed that he DID know the exterminator was coming and said I would "be fine" and to "maybe just oblige him and hang outside until he's done."
I expressed to Noe that I wish he had communicated this with me because I wasn't comfortable with this man using chemicals to kill pests while I was asleep and NOT KNOWING that it was happening in the first place. Noe's response was "It's cool. As long as you stay in the room you're OK."
I did not feel safe at this point, so I quickly got dressed in my scrubs and left with my things for work that night two hours earlier than I originally planned to leave.
I was distraught but I wanted to give Noe the opportunity to rectify the situation. I reiterated to him the importance of being able to rest in a quiet space before my shifts and my need for more transparency around the activity in the accommodation. I told him that I am prepared to find another accommodation if my conditions were unfeasible to which he said "You'll be fine. Today was just a coincidence. You'll have the place to yourself."
I returned to the AirBnB before my third shift of work and laid in bed. I believed Noe at the time and was under the impression that I would be able to rest comfortably as promised. However, I was startled when a young man opened my door before quickly apologizing saying he was trying to find the bathroom. I told him that it was actually the door next to mine but the damage was done--I realized Noe lied to me again and rented the other room to another guest.
I don't take issue to the fact that he had multiple guests in the accommodation at the same time, but the lack of transparency and faltering communication from Noe was enough for me to want to cancel my reservation early and request a refund.
My recommendation: don't stay here.