First of all, the host asks guests not to mention anything negative in their reviews, only to leave such feedback privately, so take that into consideration. Read on to hear about how my party almost didn't have a place to stay, then could have died in the place we were move to.
Host tried to convince me to cancel my reservation for 10 people 9 days before the reservation (a year and a half after booking), telling me he could not accommodate us for one of the days - a day when not a single other airbnb of the same size was available anywhere in the city. Luckily I read the T&C so I didn't let him get away with that, but the situation did make for a nauseatingly stressful 24 hours. The host wound up forcing us to move from the place we booked a year and a half before to this place, which raised huge red flags by being a brand new listing with ZERO reviews.
While staying at this location, we had a couple of cold days and wound up turning on the heat. Though the heat was only on for about 20 minutes, we wound up with carbon monoxide alarms going off, couldn't get ahold of the host after messaging and calling, had to call the fire department, and were told the levels of carbon monoxide in the house were "potentially deadly." The host eventually showed up but his attitude was extremely nonchalant and even condescending towards me (telling me I should have used the non-functional mini-splits in the basement, which seemed to not be set up correctly) to the point that several of my friends had to walk away to avoid getting confrontational. He did offer to pay for my dinner (only after learning about our cheap dinner plans), which we obviously accepted, but seemed like a small consolation for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Also, he lied and said he would get the mini-splits fixed, which he never did for the duration of our week-long stay. The night after we called the fire department, we were not allowed to turn the heat on and the basement, where 4 of the bedrooms were, was 64 degrees.
Is the place livable (aside from the carbon monoxide)? Sure. Is it clean? Somewhat - it seemed like the cleaners may have been rushed, as the bathroom and laundry area were not cleaned and the dishwasher was full. Is it spacious? Of course. But this "super host" is simply not trustworthy and that is a huge dealbreaker for me, which made my trip way more stressful than it should have been.