I gave the Airbnb a 3 star rating because it’s a really old house. It reminded me almost identically to a home I lived in for 2 years during college. Old places just never feel clean. They squeak, they’re hot and cold and drafty. Sometimes they have weird plumbing odors. This home is totally perfect for like a dude trip. There’s a big card table in the dining room, and two huge flatscreens, and an electronic dartboard. So it’s not my cup of tea, but that’s on me.
The things that really caused me to downgrade my rating were that when I initially rented it - it was an ‘entire place’ listing. But when the final payment came due the title and description were changed to identify the property as a ground floor of a house, with the owner residing on the 2nd floor. I would’ve cancelled my reservation at that time except there were no decent alternatives left. I make it a habit to rent places that aren’t shared. Respectfully, the owner lives upstairs and that’s his right, but you really can hear all the walking, talking, music, tv very clearly.
I give major props to Billy overall because tackling a huge old house like this is a tremendous undertaking.