Do NOT book here. The host (Meela) is currently under investigation by Airbnb for physical violence and violating Privacy and Safety Policies. I booked this for my wife and here is her review:
She endangered my health, acted aggressively (I had to call 911 and police came), harassed me, her accomplice hit me, she entered my room twice without my consent and grabbed me and my property.
1. Whole first floor is under renovation and host was painting several rooms while keeping all house windows and doors closed, with no fans turned on. This is against all Safe Painting Practices. She made me and other guests inhale toxic carcinogenic vapors from the paint. Normally, the rooms should be aired out properly when painting and for 2-3 days afterwards. Vapors travel to adjoining rooms. There was very strong chemical smell all over the house. When I asked the host to at least open the windows in the rooms being painted, and to turn on window fans to air the place out, the host refused. I opened the windows and doors and she closed them back. I started having chest pains and coughing, at which point I contacted Airbnb and was fully refunded, placed in a nice hotel and given credit for future stay for my trouble.
2. While Airbnb was cancelling my reservation and looking for a hotel to put me in, I was packing. The host sent a man to knock on my door to intimidate me, twice. I reasoned with him, twice. Then she just punched in the code and entered my room herself, violating Airbnb Safety and Privacy Policy. I was undressed and objecting to her entering. She was acting aggressively and screaming, rudely demanding I leave immediately. I called 911. The police officers came and explained to her that I am packing and leaving and she should leave me alone. After they left, she stayed outside my door for a good 30 minutes screaming and yelling like a crazy person. I got a video of that. It was raining heavily outside so I was stuck at her place waiting for Airbnb to confirm where am I being relocated.
3. Finally I was packed and on the phone with Airbnb confirming my next steps for leaving. While I was with Airbnb on the phone (conversation being recorded), the host entered my room second time without my permission, together with 3 other women. One of them HIT ME, the host grabbed me and my property, they pushed me out of the room, all the ladies were GRABBING MY THINGS and taking them in different directions. I had to retrieve my property piece by piece by repeating many times that this is mine and they should give it back. Then I was thrown out of the place into a rainy night. This gives a good idea of a level of hospitality you can receive at this place. The host also pushed her 2 children inside my room. They started crying and the host kept screaming “Don’t hit the children” for no reason, while I was nowhere near her children, going downstairs with my bags. The Airbnb Case manager tried to reason with the host over the phone during all this, but was unsuccessful. The host yelled rudely at Airbnb case manager as well and handed the phone back to me, disregarding what Airbnb rep was saying. This violent and unsafe behavior was reported and is currently being investigated.
4. Ongoing constant renovation - paint, supplies, brushes, etc all over. Noise, workers coming in and out, constantly yelling to each other from one room to another, from one floor to another. I had to ask the host several times politely not to scream all the time as it was disturbing.
5. Room had no heater, even though listing said it does. It was 47 degrees in NY and very cold in the room.
6. You can hear the subway train every 5-10 minutes, the room and bed shake each time. I was in the room which was the furthest from the subway line. You can see the train from the kitchen, it is literally 1 house over.