A very unsettling experience - and my only bad experience on AirBNB to date...

She wrote multiple hand-written notes to me whilst I stayed in the property.

The most consequential and disturbing note was one was one saying that she forgot to mention to me that there was CCTV security cameras in the common room and her room which she monitored daily for security reasons, ending the message with a smiley face emoji. :)

Is that even legal?!

Regardless, video taping people without letting them know is not cool in my eyes. It was very unsettling and made me feel uncomfortable from that point onwards and for the rest of my stay.

That was one hand-written note of many... Others included saying that she entered my room and moved things around. :/

This was only day 2 of 4...

On the first day - she made my friend who drove me and my bags to the flat wait outside. I thought that was a bit over-the-top but was fine to respect her wishes and ground rules.

On meeting Nic - I quickly realised that I had made a mistake with the booking. I had booked the place in a rush whilst travelling and actually thought I had booked the entire flat, and not a private room.

I was fine to continue with the booking, especially as it was myself who had made the mistake. However - after having messages saying that there was cameras in the property and seeing that she had moved my items around on a couple of occasions, I started feeling really uncomfortable.

The flat itself was nice and the photos were accurate. However, Im not a big fan of communicating through Post-It notes and being made to feel so unsettled and nervous where I am meant to sleep every night.

I ended up leaving a night early. Being British and polite - I made my excuses and texted her saying that I was going to go straight to the airport for an early flight from a friends house as it would be logistically easier.

She jokingly wrote that she was worried she had written "15 too many notes scare you off" (her exact words)... Truthfully, I did leave because I was scared off by her behaviour but didn't feel comfortable mentioning it until I had left the property.

Multiple notes written, all ending with a smiley face emoji left me feeling like I was staying a very strange and intrusive environment.

If Nic doesn't feel comfortable sharing her property with people - to the point that she feels she needs to video record their movements, I strongly she suggests whether she should actually be an AirBNB host.

Nic seems like a nice person, but her approach to hosting really doesn't sit well with me and I was glad to be leaving.

If you are fine with with being watched and monitored - then stay here. If not, I would definitely not recommend this place.