Hi Annie, Our experience of New York City was amazing! Lee and I got along really well! I got him cookies(unfortunately he couldn't accept them, he doesn't eat eggs) but he told me he likes Chips ahoy. He even allowed us to drink wine in our room (which is against the initial rules but he was very accommodating) We on occasion wore shoes to the room, But he asked us to be more careful which we did so we were able to establish great rapport.
I have to bring up a few surprises and honest feedback.
The size of the room - this was a big surprise, it is quite small. I do understand the word cozy helps, there is a reason we signed up for cozy, but it does not fit two people perfectly. There is less than 1.5 ft room available on the end of the bedside.
Cleanliness - The bathroom, as mentioned by another reviewer, is in an unsanitary condition. I am really concerned about the mold growing in the bath area. - I fully understood the no shoe requirement, given I am from an Asian household (lol) but the floor is dirty. - The sheets and pillowcases - Annie, there was a smell and it did not smell clean. We bought our own pillowcases. -
We booked for five days and got two medium sized towels for our entire stay, very difficult to maintain hygiene with two.
Disclosure of the host's gender - I signed up easily for this because I saw that you're a girl as the picture of the Airbnb host page. This is misleading in a manner that it breaks trust, there is only Lee, a man that you're going to be with in this apartment. Dynamics and decisions change for people when they learn that. - If I was an alone female, and given this is a hostel situation where there are 7 guests at a time - It is possible to be an only female at a time. I would not have been okay with that. (luckily I had a female friend with me)
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Disclosure of host's location - Every Time I have airbnb'ed an apartment, having a living room, kitchen has come with the process. Now there is no written mention of this in your listing so that's totally fine. Here is where my trust was broken- I asked Lee where he sleeps since all the rooms are taken - he told me he doesn't stay there. Infact, we saw he lives behind the curtain. My heart sank to learn that I had been walking around in the apartment, not knowing there was a man behind the curtains.