My friend Lisa and I stayed at Mike & Rebecca's for one night. The place was located fairly close to an event I had to attend and there was free parking. Yay.
So far so good.
Due to a heavy rainstorm there was water leaking into the basement apartment and the entryway carpet was drenched in water. No yay for my socks. I notified M&R about the water situation and they came to clean it up while I was attending my event. Lisa told me there were dead bugs under said hallway carpet. Not cute.
A bit later Lisa had to call M&R again because of the toilet, which kept refilling loudly for no reason. Apparently you need to flush a few times for that to stop? Whatever.
I was still out at around 11 but Lisa texted me that she couldn't sleep because was very loud upstairs, children screaming and other noises. When I got home at 1am Lisa was still awake and said she couldn't sleep because of the noises coming from the house, creaking, water in pipes and so on.
We fixed the toilet again and tried to sleep.
And we slept off and on until 5am, when M&R's burglar alarm went off. Needless to say, I was really, really pissed. Lisa is pregnant and I really value my sleep too, as most people do. From then on there was loud speaking, trampling, barking and all kinds of noise that prevented us from sleeping.
Finally, at 9am I had enough and texted M&R again to ask if there was any chance there could be less running and trampling right above us and they never got back to me. At around 10 it seemed like they had left the house and Lisa (why her? I paid, it was all handled on my account, I messaged to let you know about the situation?) got a message apologising and offering a 13$ discount because of "water issues + early morning alarm".
I would absolutely not recommend staying there if you value your sleep - the basement apartment has no noise protection and you can hear every step people take above you. I don't know how many children M&R have but it sounded like an entire herd of Zebras was getting a tap dance lesson right above us. Apart from the tiny trample feet the house itself is very noisy and there seems to be some kind of laundry situation in the basement aswell that ran through the night.
I really didn't mind the water drenched carpet much because it was resolved quickly, but not minding that you have guests in your house is just plain rude.