It has been a lovely stay but here's theres some minor issues (mainly about cleanliness):
- ANTS, ants, ants in bathroom (didn't see them first night tho). Also you'll have to compete the bathroom with three other rooms of tenants, so brace yourself.
- piles of garbage bags with no one to clean them and take them out
- fridge that's stained in few places and the stuff in there is very messy. A number of them are wide opened, rotten and outdated. I asked a tenant that's been living here for two weeks and it seems that the fridge is always like that.
- Piled up dirty dishes, dang I just wanna cook, I'm not the previous tenant/the host's mom.
- Dirty utensils. Defo not as cooking ready as advertised.
- no drawers or whatsoever in the room. Everything (except the clothes that can be hanged up) has to be placed on the floor and it's very inconvenient.
Truth be told, I'm used to living in hostels so this level of dirtiness is acceptable. But my boyfriend is concerned about cleanliness and he had a total freak out and I had to stop him from cleaning the whole place by himself.
The host Vivienne is very responsive when I reported the problems. 11/10. But then she sprayed the insect repellent around me while I was cooking. And from what I observed, there aren't actually a cleaning housekeeper that does the job, it's just the host, unlike other bnbs I've lived in.
The host is not valuing the cleanliness of the place since she ignored a lot of dirty spots when she came for housekeeping, e.g. the fridge and the sink. And she left the door of the to-be-checked-in room open instead of locking it like hosts usually do, which again brings concern about the cleanliness of the room.
A big construction seems to be going on in the backyard and there's a few chicken living there.
For the pros: it's in a good location near Macy's and a 420 smoke shop. Spacious living room with nice fireplace. Also there's a super adorable but clingy cat living the property (together with the chicken lol). New furniture.