My fiance and I didn’t get to meet Gary but his parents especially his Dad were really nice. It is a great place for a short stay, but not suitable if one is looking to rest and use shared space (kitchen and dining room) during the daytime. The shared space is huge, accommodating about 5 - 6 people. We used the kitchen for less than an hour followed by using dining room for about 2 - 3 hours for eating and chilling out. Due to our long usage of shared space, the Mum came up to us and shouted at us angrily for using the shared space for too long. We were really shocked. We totally had no idea that their definition of shared space means using it up to 30 minutes which was not communicated clearly to us in the first place. When his Dad alerted us the night before that the other guests would like to use shared space, we finished up cooking our dinner quickly and informed the other guests that they can go ahead and use it. They replied they didn't need it (they were really friendly) so we didn't think more of it.
It appeared that his parents prefer to use the shared space alone. In our experience at previous airbnbs, we used the shared space with other guests / host and there was no problem.
It was a bad experience for both parties. We are sorry for upsetting his parents and we thought their rule of the length of usage of shared space should be more clearer. Gary recommended for the shared space usage up to 30 minutes. Other than that, everything is quite clean and good. Thanks Gary.