I had booked Mike's place as it seemed nice and was very conveniently located near my daughter whom I had come to Australia to visit. I found Mike a friendly and helpful host but as he showed me around I became more and more uncomfortable with the accommodation. He had communicated to me thatbtge bathroom would be down some narrow stairs so no surprise there but I found it was located by the front door and he explained that there was no double switching to make it easier and safer to go up and down. In fact lighting was surpringly sparse everywhere. No light in the shower, or the bedroom other than a bedside lamp. The house generally looked in need of a good freshen up and in particular the bedroom. The paint on the window ledge was peeling, (I have a photo of this), the small Eastern rugs had encased dirt and the whole room smelt musty or of stale cigarettes. I couldn't open the window at night as it was cold and spent the whole night coughing. Another couple of small things added to my discomfort and made me decide to leave after one night instead of the 5 I had booked. These were the fact that the bedroom wall by the stairs wasn't a wall ..or rather, the bottom third of a wall with the top part coveted by a curtain. This gave me the feeling of a lack of privacy as the curtain was white And though thick it felt it might be transparent. And the final surprise was the strange statement, after indicating a clean bathtowel, that there was no handtowel but I could share his! I've never come across this before as a guest and as a host I always give every guest a clean, personal bath and handtowel, just as I would expect to receive. Mike refunded 2 nights of the remaining 4 without any argument for which I am grateful.