First off, location is INCREDIBLE. You are right on the street and can walk to tons of stuff! That’s why I gave it three stars.
Now… as far as everything else goes…
1) Checkin was very confusing. The picture on the listing is not actually a picture of the house you’re staying in. It’s a picture of the house in front of the one you’re staying in. Also, the house you stay in has two units and the door to the Airbnb unit is very difficult to find. Once we finally thought we had found it, we opened the gate and found a dog gate with a dog inside. There weren’t any pets mentioned in the listing (though I see there are some pictures, so it’s my fault for not noticing). The dog gate stayed there the entire time which meant we had to step over it every time we came in and out and haul our suitcases over it. The host also left the door open the entire time we were there so the dog could go in and out freely, so don’t expect much security or privacy.
2) The room was fine. Very small and no A/C. It got really hot but there was a small fan. Bathroom is shared with host and doesn’t look particularly clean, but was decent.
3) Communication was awful. We sent one message asking about early checkin and he didn’t reply for about 15 hours. The entire time we were there though he was on the couch on his phone so I’m not sure why it took so long. When we walked in after a very confusing checkin, he was just lying on the couch and didn’t even introduce himself. I finally asked if he was the owner and he gave very short, not super very helpful responses. It didn’t at all feel like he cared that we were even there.
4) The thing that was really not cool is that the house instructions (that you get AFTER booking) included the list of things to do before checkout, which includes putting new clean sheets on the bed and making it. I have never been asked to do this before and thought it was ridiculous, but then I looked back at my booking and saw that he charges a $35 cleaning fee. So, not only are you expected to empty the trash cans, clean, and change the sheets, but he’s charging $35 for God knows what. Just seems super sleazy to me.
Overall, the location is great, but that’s about all I can vouch for. Decent spot, awful host.