Ray's home is in a great and convenient neighborhood, and was very convenient for us. Overall, our stay was fine, and I'm grateful to have been able to stay in Ray's home. I enjoyed meeting and talking with Ray, who I feel is very kind. I would have liked for the kitchen, common areas, and bathroom in the guest space to be cleaner. I am unsure if the bed linens had been washed before our stay, and also I am very sensitive to smells and the linens smelled of detergent/softener perfumes/fragrances. Ray told me I could wash the linens, and do any laundry that I needed to do during our stay, and I am very grateful for that. Ray and I talked about the kitchen, and we worked that out smoothly. I chose to clean the bathroom, rather than asking Ray about it. Ray was generous with allowing me to park my car in his off-street parking space when I asked just after we checked in. After our first week of stay, Ray asked me help out with some things that I view as host responsibilities as he was going to be out of town unexpectedly for a couple of weeks, and pointed out that he was allowing me to use the parking space, so it would be nice if I could help out. I responded that I didn't know that he would be asking me to help out with some things, related to using the parking space. He did agree that he kindly gave me the parking space before he knew he would be out of town, and that the additional items that he asked me to help out with were not my responsibility, and I agreed to help out anyway, as I want to support Ray and that felt like the most comfortable/easy thing to do. In retrospect, I realize that I should not have agreed to these additional responsibilities, as it was not really appropriate for me to do so. The additional items I ended up helping out with were making sure some contractors had access to the home to do some tiling work and communicating with them when they were complete, and then making sure the door was locked, letting in another guest and seeing that they knew where to find their key and were comfortable in the home/area, and doing the linens and cleaning the space that we stayed in before we checked out. Also, a friend of Ray's was in and out of the home during the time when Ray was away, and helping out in some ways as well, and I felt unclear of when this person was staying in the home, and what this person was helping out with. I felt somewhat uncertain about this, related to who was in and out of the home, security/safety, and what my responsibility was in this regard. I want to share as clearly as possible here of my experience and what didn't work for me,...