The owner is a major control freak who will constantly message/call you about your status.
Times Kevin has imposed on me throughout this reservation:
#1 - Upon reservation request, he told me I need a working phone so that he could call me when I was on the way. I told him I needed to catch a JFK flight but he assumed I was landing
#2 - Upon him confirming my reservation, he backtracks and says that I need to send him a real picture for him to accept my reservation. I promptly uploaded a picture of myself to my airBnB profile
#3 - When I'm on the way to his place I call him to update him. He tells me he will send me pictures as directions. It is largely a pointless call, where he asks me my name and rejects my telling him to call me by my English name. I suspect he's just trying to size his guests up
#4 - When I'm at his place I look through his pictures (which is him just pointing on the street and is largely unhelpful). When I'm unable to get in I call him for directions. I detail to him about my troubles and instead of letting me know the directions step by step he keeps repeating the same question and starts getting angry through the phone.
#5 - Eventually we figure it out and I get in. At this point, I am exhausted and stressed. He then starts listing off all of the house rules and the "necessary" information and tells me "not to hang up".
I was patient throughout all this and got through it, but this was not a pleasant experience at all. Talk about not being smart -- how about providing us with a map and listing out the directions on the AirBnB page? Not only would that require less work on the host but it would be much more convenient for the tenants.
The tiny room isn't much to speak of either. The entrance opens up to a creepy stairway to a dingy basement where the rooms are located. The blanket is so small that it covers a fraction of the bed. The bathroom is shared and dirty. I would not want to use the shower if it depended on my life. He leaves a bottle of water and a couple of granola bars as "accommodation". There's wifi and a heater at least..
This is less of an accommodation, more of a real-life horror movie experience