I thought I might be in entering a bad situation when I read that Margaret had added “strongly prefers weekend visitors” to this listing before I arrived. I never would have considered this listing if that was in the description when I made my 6 week reservation in the spring. Margaret was the perfect host, for about a week. Then a personality change with a self-centered attitude started to appear. She started criticizing previous guests, neighbors , workers, etc. The negative energy was so toxic that even her cats preferred my company. Unfortunally for me, that made her even more toxic. And no, I never fed them.

I did her many favors at first, the biggest was saving her $2000 on a deck by drawing up the building plans. I would have thought my efforts would have improved her disposition and gratitude, but no. Realizing the situation, I ended up sequestered in my room with the kitties for the rest of my stay. I was never so happy to get out of there. I just hope the Cats were not punished to harshly. They made the experience more tolerable.
I am easy to please and my long term reviews on Airbnb are “friendly”, “easy going”, “super conscientious”. This is the first negative review I have ever written, for anything, ever. However I felt it was important to warn anyone considering this place for a long term stay what to expect.