I booked this Airbnb based on it's location near my son's home, where he was recovering from surgery. The price was suspiciously low. However, I was encouraged by the many excellent reviews. It proved to be a very uncomfortable experience, and I left after suffering through two nights of my 5 night stay.
Although the house rules posted on Airbnb were perfectly reasonable, my host had numerous other rules that were spoken or posted about the house. Had I known about these, I would not have booked there. These included such things as a 15 minute limit in the shared bathroom, relying on the many motion detection night lights in the bathroom & hall instead of using overhead lights, instructions to clean hair out of the bathtub drain, and not flushing even toilet tissue!
There were overwhelming smells of incense and strong food odors.
The outside entrance was not lit at night. It was dark and cluttered with old furniture, bicycles, etc., which I felt was unsafe on several levels.
Only one lamp and two outlets in my room worked, none of these near the bed.
The pillows were hard and not fresh/smelled of perspiration.
I was not given fresh towels, nor was there any place to hang the wet ones. I was not given a hand towel at all. The same hand towel was in the shared bathroom for three days. I guess that didn't matter, because there was an old dried out bar of soap in the bathroom, that indicated to me that no one was washing their hands anyway.
I felt that the host was not at all welcoming or gracious. He was condescending to me and to my 22 year old son, instructing him to aim when using the toilet, how to use the shower curtain and bathroom lights, and even made me practice using the key. However, his wife/partner was friendly, kind, and helpful.
The house was clean - floors, bathroom, and kitchen. The living area was blocked off with screens from the guests.
The host kept the AC on 81, which was very uncomfortable in the New Orleans heat and humidity.