It wasn’t quite what we expected. We had read over the description a few times and didn’t see anything about a shared area. They are private rooms with a shared pool and hang out areas. It was fairly clean some stuff in the room had rust on it and the cabinets were chipping paint. The area was also a little sketchy. It’s not all terrible though. The host was very nice and I was on my honeymoon so we just tried to find the best in it