My friend and I reserved Shelly's place last minute as we were looking to tour Salem in the evening and needed a place to stay overnight.
The location of the house is as described on the listing, it is situated across from freeway bridge, but there is no ghetto feel to it, not sure why another reviewer posted that.
We were disappointed in our stay due to three reasons as follows:
1. The welcome message from Shelly did not clarify that we were to keep the backyard door unlocked (our instructions were to enter from that door) because other Airbnb guests were expected . Since we were late check-in, we considered it was prudent to lock for safety. In the morning, Shelly saw us in the common area and instead of greeting us with a Hello, she jumped right in asking "Did you lock the door last night?" That interaction made us feel unwelcomed as guests. Meanwhile, we noticed Shelly was being very accommodating to other guests offering extra bathroom downstairs. Lance came up on the second floor with his laptop/iPad and went straight past us with no greetings and sat on the couch. To give Shelly benefit of doubt, I tried engaging in conversation with her however, it was not very active from her side.
2. Shelly failed to inform us that there will be 6 other guests staying in the same floor as us using the same bathroom, kitchen, and common area that makes 8 of us on the second floor of the small house, plus Shelly and Lance decided to hang out on the couch of the same area in the morning, so total of 10 people in COVID with no room to socially distance. My friend and I were horrified and left earlier in the morning.
3. As we were collecting our belongings from the room to pack up, Shelly barges in without a knock or announcing herself to check if we turned off the heater. We found that rather disrespectful and lack of privacy.