Great location, good pricing and main host melanie (who isn’t the person listed) was quickly responsive to queries which was all positive. Allowed me to check in a lot earlier and leave my luggage there on the last day after checking out which I greatly appreciated. However I had a few issues with stay:
1. Cleanliness. My shared bathroom was with 1x other guest. Bathroom was very dirty upon arriving. Extremely dirty toilet, uncleaned skid marks and dirty sink. Hair all over bathroom and clumps in shower. I had enough when the shower began to overflow and notified Melanie. To her credit she cleaned it straight away however tried to shift the blame saying I should have notified them sooner as they don’t check. It definitely should be the responsibility of hosts to ensure facilities are ready and clean for new guests.
2. Drug use by host family. Came across two members of host family smoking marijuana at entrance on more than one occasion. Also very awkward and unfriendly as only Melanie introduces herself.
3. Kitchen/common use area not as described. There is a lot of the family’s personal belongings crowding the area. There is only one portable “hot plate” for use among 4 guests so it is difficult to cook dinner at desired time. This plus the fact that there arnt many utensils (only 1 steak knife for use - no proper knife or chopping board!) means cooking can be difficult. There are 2 switchboards connected to 1 socket running the whole kitchen area. Warning not to use more than one appliance at once or the circuit blows and you have to reset the power boards. Cannot use the hot plate on the highest settings either as it blows the circuit.
4. Noise. The family has children who can get quite noisy at night time. When raining, there was a constant dribble of the roof gutters right next to the room that made sleeping difficult. One of the long time tenants snores loudly and uses the toilet (which is right next door to the room) in the middle of the night with the door open. Not ideal if you are a light sleeper.