! A BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW ! Penny and Jon are nice people and the room is nice and clean. However, here are some issues I encountered which made me shorten my stay from 4.5 month to 10 days. Yes I booked this place without having any house viewing on the scene for more than 4 months straight away because I really had faith in it. But I would not say my experience during stay was very pleasant and I had to cancel the reservation after living there for a week. 1. Penny owns an in-house hair salon and it is right next to the Airbnb room, which means following things. - Customers coming in and out on business days (They would definitely pass the Airbnb room as it is on the way to the hair salon and the distance between two rooms are less than 1 meter. ) - Blowing noise of hair dryers. - You cannot put any toiletries inside the bathroom ( shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush etc.). All needs to be carried back to your room after usage. - Clean water stain on the shower screen, mirror and ground EVERYDAY. - Clean potential splotch left by her customers. There was never mentioning of this professional space being right next to my room and let alone all the expectations when I booked the trip. Also, when I booked the place, she wrote on Airbnb page that the bathroom is private (which she already updated after my leaving), so it was very surprising for me to end up sharing the bathroom with everyone. 2. The kitchenette is newly decorated, has filtered water, several cookers, plenty of cutlery, powerful fan, very convenient to use. ( I booked the trip one month before I checked in, but I was not informed of the change of the room layout as the display completely changed. The room was very different from what I saw online. Now she has updated and the pictures are true to life. ) - You need to be mindful that the kitchenette table is very close to the customised giant bed. - She told me not to cook fish or curry because the heavy smell will stain her bed sheets and house. 3. I feel like my lifestyle was intruded. She had a serious conversation with me judging me not making bed. And the words she uses were quiet ... harsh? Again, this was my room and I kept my door closed all the time (Maybe when I go to the bathroom opposite the room, I left a gap less than 10 degrees. The rest of the time, my room was closed and locked.) Here are the things she said to me: "I taught my kids to make bed since they were two, I don't know how you can live with it. This is so not Aussie (She's from North England). I've never met someone who doesn't make bed in my whole life. My last guest is from Denmark and he makes bed everyday. I hope my next guest is a doctor or a psychologist at least they are clean and tidy." (Possible discrimination and racism, will also mention this point below.) I just want to say that making bed or not is my personal preference, has nothing to do with nationality or profession whatsoever. 4. She comes to the room uninvitedly. Yes she serves the room and she empties the rubbish bins as you don't have the access to the household trash bins. And she puts in breakfast and fills in the fridge with milk and juice and that is very considerate. But I wish she could tell me before she enters the room as I care about my privacy a lot and I know she does not want to see my "messy" room. By "messy" I mean I do not put things at the place where Penny wishes me to put. For example, she suggested me 3 times that I put laundry inside a box located underneath the kitchen sink and next to landfill bin and I do not want to... I have a lot of luggage and the space is limited in the room so I have to put something outside where I can easily reach for. And I feel comfortable that way, but obviously Penny dislikes how I display MY stuff inside MY space. When she entered my room, I also noticed she put away my things which I do not appreciate. For instance, put my unfinished tea inside fridge? Fold my underwear? And after my text sent to her saying I wish my space could be respected and wish she could let me know before entering, she has been very cold, distant and impatient to me. I suddenly became a pain in her eyes. BTW she did not reply to my messages since I moved in, not on Airbnb not on iMessage. 5. Tendency to racism. I never thought she would be a bit racist since I saw in the review that she adopted a Chinese daughter. But once she said to me "My European and Aussie guests like these, I don't know what YOU EAT" when I simply asked for bread for breakfast options. (It is not me being sensitive because her tone and facial expression were obvious.) Also, the comments she made regarding me making bed, "This is so not Aussie. My last guest from Denmark makes his bed everyday" and so on. 6. It is difficult if you wish to wash your clothes and use the washing machine yourself. The access to her family room where the washing machine is located is often locked. I tried to ask 3 times to use the washing machine, it was either access denied or the machine is unavailable. 7. I still greeted to her and tried to be nice after she became cold to me. But it did not work. She told things about me to her customers because I heard them discussing about it...