I stayed in a room at Rocky's place for a few days for a meeting nearby. As others have mentioned, this is really more of a hotel with all rooms needing a code to get in (same to enter the building) and shared bathrooms. Not sure how many such rooms there are, at least 3 on my floor (there was no problem sharing the bathroom - I think only once I had to come back 5 min later). The "hotel-style" is fine, simply not the same experience as having a room in someone's home.
My 2 slight annoyances (hence the 4 stars) were:
- the bathroom, and more precisely the shower. While I don't mind a shared bathroom and usually don't mind an old house, the shower was a tub with curtains all around (inside the tub obviously so difficult not to touch them) and with an old mechanism where water is controlled below (normal for a tub) and the showerhead fixed - meaning it is difficult not to get your hair wet when turning the shower on & off. Doable, but not easy. Be careful entering & exiting the tub too, there's a non-slip mat inside but it itself slips against the tub (too big?).
- my flight being later, I asked for a late checkout which was very nicely granted (thanks!). I was told cleaning was going to be at 2pm and we agreed I'd be out by 1:30pm. However, when I came to get my stuff just before 1:30, the room had already been cleaned, my stuff moved as a result of it and my toothbrush head plastic protector thrown away. Not a big deal, but an annoyance - I'm glad I was mostly packed.
Besides this, I had a good stay and Rocky was very responsive, both by email and phone for the one time I couldn't manage to open the outside door for some reason, which I very much appreciated. The room was big and comfortable. TV didn't seem to work ("weak signal") which I didn't investigate further as I didn't really care - I'm sure I could have asked about it.