I did NOT like the accommodations, the cottage felt really old, the ceilings look moldy and like they could cave in at any moment, the a/c was so loud I had to turn it off to make a phone call, after the smell of bleach subsided there was a lingering musky smell.
Check in was at 3pm, I said I'd be there around 6pm, it was not ready until after 7pm, I said "no problem, I will go for a drink nearby," Eric said drink was on him, but never offered to pay for it. Nbd, I wouldn't have even mentioned this if it wasn't for the ensuing hostility I experienced.
I was supposed to stay for 2 weeks while my house was undergoing mold remediation, but after a few nights of getting no sleep because the a/c was so loud, people talking outside til 2am, then finding out my coworker tested positive for covid and I needed to quarantine, I asked Eric if we could work something out for the remaining 11 nights I would not be using totaling $1,300 (I preferred to stay at my house with no a/c and no hot water than stay at that cottage another night). About 8 hours later after I had sent at least 5 messages asking Eric for a response either way, he told me I should cancel the reservation and we could work something out so I did, then he said he'd refund me if any nights got rebooked, which he hasn't. I tried to explain to him why I didn't want to stay there any longer and see if I could get just a partial refund maybe even for half of the $1,300, but in response, Eric continually accused me of lying, threatened to sue me, insulted me, said I was wasting his time, and rudely told me I didn't deserve a refund and was "in no way entitled to one so stop asking."
Come to find out from Airbnb, if I didn't cancel the reservation, as Eric had told me to do, I would have been entitled to a refund, but because I canceled it, per his request saying we would work something out, there was nothing Airbnb could do. Overall, in my opinion, the place itself is dingy and the host Eric is deceitful and greedy, to say the least. The pool area was nice though.