I lost upwards of 3K and two days of time on the phone with Airbnb customer service after booking this place for two months thinking it was a private, not-shared space after finding the listing through filtering out entire apartment, and speaking to the host who reassured it was all private. But it turned out to be a big misunderstanding and as soon as I checked in I called the host and told them it was a misunderstanding and they said I could cancel the next day. I told her thank you, and I will pay for the night that I stayed. I checked out the next day(as it was very late when I checked in), but the host refused to issue a refund or cancel the listing. I received an error message every time I tried to cancel it myself. And after finally getting it canceled after being on the phone with Airbnb customer service for two days, I was never refunded almost 3K, for a place I stayed in for one night. I use Airbnb for my traveling job, and this experience has been a huge inconvenience and disappointment. I learned the hard way do not communicate with any Airbnb host outside of inbox text, and don’t expect to get your money back for any large purchase.
This is a basement in a 4-bedroom house, in which the other rooms are being rented out. There is no private entrance directly into the basement from outside. The basement door is inside the house. The house has two entrances; the front door and a side door(w/ a key code that is called the “private entrance”). The “private entrance” is on the opposite side of the house from the driveway through the grass.