I read the reviews and house rules, and respect every house I enter. We are rule followers however, I personally would not stay here again. While it’s nicely decorated and everything else mentioned in the description, there are far too many rules to remember. Too restrictive and always under the watchful eye of the host who is quick to call you out. He doesn’t like temp below 75; we lowered to either 72 or 73. The set temp of 75 is fine for most people but room faces sun and room was stuffy in the evening. The host requested we negotiate temperature which we respectfully declined and sucked it up promising never to change thermostat again since 74 degrees wouldn’t make a difference. He also doesn’t like noises. Using blow dryer between 8:30am-9:30am seemed to be an issue; and to think we were only there literally to sleep and shower (arrived late nights around midnight and left the house at 10am.). We were in town to work the Super Bowl for fun. Our full time jobs —a Director for a consulting firm and my friend is a county prosecutor. I’ve rented rooms from locals before because I love meeting new people; everyone has a story and I love hearing it. This experience has taught me how to be more selective of hosts. We followed all of the host’s rules; did as we were told. We chose not use the pool, towels or kitchen. Communication was brief and direct. Zero connection with host and that’s ok. If you’re ok with this, this place will work for you.
One last thing I forgot to mention. Be prepared to literally carry your luggage to/from the room. The host does not want guests to wheel in luggage because of new floors. I sincerely doubt that rule will ever change, new floors or not. He was kind enough to help when we arrived but 6 days later and a couple of 50 pound luggages stuffed with souvenirs, we were left on our own to carry bags outside. Not cool.