This is my 8th or 9th air b&b stay across the U.S. and Canada and by far the worst. At the time, it showed 25 positive reviews . Michael was very thorough with describing directions and telling us to contact him with any q's. When speaking with him I used the word house and he corrected it to cottage. I didn't think much of it at the time but it would come into play later.
The description listed it as minimalist which was fine as we only needed a couple beds and a shower. When we arrived at the cottage it was around midnight. Upon walking into the cottage we were hit with an overpowering bathroom odor/ old musty house smell. Realizing it was an older dwelling we brushed of the mustiness . Entering the rooms we saw the carpet was very old, worn, stained, and coming apart around the edges. The blinds were old, dirty, and many slats were broken. The windowsills were dirty. The floor was swept though gritty and the counters were clean. We saw a few dead and live bugs, one being a coachroach which was concernin but we brushed it off. After all it is an older house.
We attempted to alleviate the bathroom odor but the air freshener provided did not work that well. Attempting to take a shower the water never went above tepid.
The next night we came in late and saw a LARGE coachroach on the wall near the ceiling. My bf was very kind and asked if we needed to leave. I did not want to lose my deposit but could not stand another night with other possible roaches.
When I looked at all positive reviews again, they kept stating house. Directly in front of the cottage he has a house which he mentioned is being let to long term renters. Few of the reviews stated cottage. I believe this page was originally for the house and he changed the name/ pictures to let the cottage instead which is fine but the reviews are misleading.
I did contact Michael for a 50% refund and he seemed surprised that I did not understand the word minimalist. Insisting the description as of this date (10/18/20) is accurate And that I expected too much. I expect a clean, taken care of place to stay but that is apparently too much. He questioned why I did not contact him with these problems immediately. The answer is you cannot change carpet, blinds, and water heater issues in one night. He asked that I call and talk these things through, it seemed to me I would not be getting our money back so I declined.