Unfortunately, I had a terrible experience at Matt's. The first thing that got me was the odor, however, I brushed that off because I was too tired to deal with it. Matt was not home when I arrived and he had left his two Yorkies in the backyard and it was cold and they were jumping on the sliding glass door begging to come in. They were cute but filthy. I really didn't like that.
The bed is in a room in his cold and damp basement with only a TV tray and a small lamp on it and nothing else. No dresser, no table, no chair, nothing to set anything down on. That was very annoying.
There is no water downstairs either. I had to walk up and down the stairs every time I wanted to rinse anything, wash my hands, use the restroom, or take a shower. There is also no garbage can or garbage bags in the room and no paper towels or even napkins anywhere.
The top of the stairs is his living room that he was often sitting in which was awkward. I searched airbnb for a private room and private entrance, yet he has no private entrance. There is a sliding glass door that is broken and off the tracks but it is extremely difficult to open or close. It actually stuck and hurt my arm while I was trying to close it quickly to keep his dogs from biting my puppy.
The back patio was filthy and his dog's water dish was covered in mold and yet they were drinking from it. So nasty. It was terribly cold out and there was no doghouse. All he had for them was a rolled up tarp to try and stay warm. He never cleaned up their feces from his yard either so no walking around back there.
After I mentioned to him about his dogs suffering in the cold he brought them in and locked them in a very small cage together in a disgusting bathroom under construction upstairs. They barked and squealed often and I could hear them from inside and outside the house and it was very upsetting.
The bed was too soft and it was hard to move around or turn. If you need a firm mattress like me this one is not for you.
There is no heat in the bedroom but he does have a space heater and it heats the room but it stinks really bad while it's running. It's probably never been cleaned.
I can't think of anything good about staying there. What really upset me the most was that he neglected his dogs that he told me he ended up with after his divorce. Not once did I see him show any affection for them and I had to watch them suffer.
He seemed to be proud of his airbnb rating and guest comments but I imagine most people don't want to bring up the negative to keep reviews of them from being negative. I don't care about any of that so I tell the truth and the whole story.
In the end Matt tried to blame my dog for peeing upstairs but that is impossible. My dog has never gone indoors and never would. His little dogs did it probably because he leaves them freezing outside all the time. He then demand I keep my puppy in a crate but that wouldn't work even if I had one. He called airbnb and complained about my dog and then they called me. I was already packing and left a day early. Airbnb was kind enough to give me a refund.
I never had problems like this with any of the dozens of hotels I've stayed in the last few months.