This is my first bad AirBnB experience and it made me not want to rent again. This is a basement apartment with little insulation between the host, her husband and the rental space. I could hear EVERYTHING they were doing all evening while trying to read and relax in bed; conversations, LOUD stomps/footsteps, cooking, microwave, TV, etc. Last time I was woken up by loud noises was 10:50pm, then woken up in the morning at 5:32am. That is not nearly enough sleep for me to face a hectic workweek. I contacted Barbara about this with no resolve; it sounded as if she was instead blaming me for being bothered/woken up by the loud noises all night, as well as blaming the last guest who had to return that evening for items he had left behind. It was WAY too much to pay for a night of minimal sleep and was in no way my fault that the previous tenant was disrespectful; Barbara made no offer to refund any portion of my charge.
Besides the noise, the ceiling is very low - I'm 6'1" and felt like I had to hunch over to walk into the kitchen and bathroom to avoid hitting my head. There was black mildew (or mold?) in the washer detergent drawer. There's almost zero (Verizon) cell service - there are a few spots in W.Sea that have issues with cell service, and this must be right smack dab in one of them because I could not make a phone call or use the data on my phone (.. it's scary when you are in a strange place and cannot make a phone call!!!).
If it weren't for the noise and horrible response to my lack of sleep, I would've given this a much better review and probably forgotten all about the ceiling height, mildew and lack of cell service.