Location can’t be denied, it’s obviously great. But he takes advantage of the location and puts minimal effort into his AirBnB. These pictures must be from when he first started renting it out in 2016. I rented it out with 2 firefighters and they were concerned about it meeting code. He mentioned you might have to reset the breakers, and we didn’t have to do that this trip, but there shouldn’t be char marks on the outlets. That needs to be addressed.
Aside from not feeling the safest inside the house, the pin code didn’t work so we had to use the keys. That would be fine, if the keys worked on the back door as well… they didn’t. We couldn’t open the back door leading directly into one of the rooms, which is another fire code violation and just an unsafe feeling. Also couldn’t get into the laundry room, which we could have figured out if we contacted Mathew had we really needed it perhaps, but it was late and we were only staying for the night. Would be nice if it was more available for someone who would have needed it that night if it’s listed as an amenity. We definitely could have used the drier if it was available.
Being charged an upfront $60 cleaning fee was ridiculous. There was a spider web in the corner of one of the rooms… obviously didn’t do much outside of changing bed sheets and maybe a once over for the bathrooms. He did mention bugs are common, but that’s a clear sign he didn’t prepare a clean space. We were concerned about cockroaches after having killed one on the ceiling and the spider web didn’t give us confidence that they were taken care of either.
Mathew seemed available for communication, so if something needed to be addressed I’m sure he would have done it, but when you’re tired and it’s late, you shouldn’t have to ask for basic things. And the issues we had couldn’t be immediately addressed anyway so I would have preferred to stay somewhere else.
Having seen his responses to other people’s reviews he’s not afraid to give excuses and to put the reviewer in a bad light, but it is a misleading posting. I would equate this listing to a cabin more than a house bc it’s more of a bare necessities feel than comfortable house. AC units in the window worked, but slowly so we didn’t feel cool until early morning. He might say we “would be more suited to a hotel”, or “I’m confused by this review” (even after problems were clearly explained), but the fact is that he needs to invest in an update to his rental if only for safety reasons, and to be more attentive to cleanliness if he’s going to charge so much for it. It’s listed as $128 per night, but ended up at $282 after all the fees…. Not worth the value. Other places seemed more appropriate for the cost and we felt robbed. We allowed the price because we expected way more.