Charles place was a well equiped place for people who love television or music (surround sound which we didn’t even try) and a huge bathtube( with a non working jacuzzi) but keep in mind it is NOT a place fit to cook; the smoke alarm went of as we were toasting some bread in the toaster the first few hours we arrived and we could not shut it off. We took off the batterie (as i do at home when that happens) and there was still a beep every 5 seconds so my boyfriend called the owner who started screaming at him once he said we had to take off the batterie in order to shut it off....; i never heard hosts who scream at their guests saying « the smoke alarm is working, you should not have taken it off, you broke it...» and went on and on until i grabbed the phone and told him i was going to call airbnb which i did.
The airbnb lady said he screamed at her too...
I also went to buy a new batterie for the alarm and fixed it myself.
After that he just ignored us, like we were in the wrong; came sniffing around the garbage bin that was right across the door of the space we rented but never said hi in anycase( very unfriendly).
The same day which is day 1 we decide this is not a place to cook and frankly we felt like we didn’t want to get screamed at anymore (and paying for it) so we decide we’ll go eat in Manhattan; as we come to the rental to get ready for our outing the key does not open the door (but that can happen to anyone) after 30 mn waiting outside with his wife who was desperately trying to open the door finally a friend arrives and manage by wiggling the key to open it; they had to change the lock while we had dinner out.
So that was our experience on the first day at Charles; let me tell you we could not wait to get out of there.