The house itself was very nice and was clearly renovated. The neighborhood is ok. While we were there, there was a huge incident next door that required multiple police cars and involved a great deal of shouting.
Heads up:
- we were able to wash clothes perfectly fine but could not get the dryer to stay on for longer than 2 minutes. I messaged the host and she was not helpful. Stating: “it should work it’s brand new”
- we used the kitchen to cook breakfast in the morning. The vent above the stove was not really working. This set off very loud alarms. We were unable to turn them off and the host did not answer their phone. We eventually received the code and silenced the alarm. The host finally responded and told us: “the hood works great. Open the door when you’re cooking.
My take on these two experiences is that the host has not fully tried out her newly renovated place to see if everything works.
THE MOST CONCERNING PART OF OUR VISIT:
We were very happy to see that there were cameras on the property. However, we did not realize every single one of our movements would be watched by the host.
For example, I received a text at 1 am to move the outside furniture back to its designated place. This was one chair that was moved slightly.
Next, I received an aggressive message stating that we were violating house rules. I inquired as to what she was talking about. She replied that she had seen a “gathering” take place at the house at 1:11 in the morning. My take from this was that she was watching the camera and counting every person that came in and out. We had not had a “gathering”. We were returning home from a night out.
Overall it is a nice place. The host is clearly new to Airbnb. They are a little uptight but hopefully this changes as more people book the Airbnb.