Beautiful, charming little space -- it is the tiniest space I have ever seen on Airbnb! The description was accurate; it was a tight squeeze for 2 people both 5'7", but still pleasant. It's just barely tall enough to stand in. A lot of little windows all over the space, and a true treehouse -- you climb the tree to get in. There is a composting toilet in her garage and no traditional sink; she has wash up water in a rainwater collection barrel and provides a small amount of drinking water. We filtered the rest ourselves with our Katadyn filter. We appreciated the breakfast provided.
We had a very difficult experience with host. Neither I nor my partner have ever had any trouble with an Airbnb host before, so we were surprised. Folks booking this stay should know that within 1 minute of meeting, she made xenophobic comments ("Oh, you're from Seattle? I'm glad you're not, you know, foreigners, I'm kind of tired of people from out of the country" -- before learning that I'm an immigrant). She also made degrading comments about unhoused people, people experiencing substance use disorders, and her own neighborhood, encouraging us to go to parts of town to eat that were "less yucky" (perhaps she meant fewer brown people, immigrants, and people living on the street).
We were going to just dismiss all of this as a deep difference of opinion, but after leaving, she sent me a long message berating us for misusing the composting toilet. It did not seem to be sealed properly, and was leaking water -- I'm unsure what exactly happened, but we have used many composting toilets in the past and, again, have never had an issue. She said in the message that she felt "assaulted," implied that we had intentionally peed all over her garage ("This act was massively immature and gross"), and also that she believed it was not me but my partner ("it is really hard to NOT pee into the urine diverter, regardless of gender, standing or sitting. I am angry and deserve an explanation and apology, regardless of who did it. As I said, my feeling has been that it is not you..."). I don't know what gender she thinks either of us are -- we are both nonbinary -- but we were taken aback that she seemed to spin stories in her head and then escalate with such intensity after the stay had already ended. When we responded with an apology and suggestion that perhaps she should check if something was leaking inside, she responded that she had Airbnb support "watching the thread" and that we "shouldn’t have written that. Now I know that is not true! Lying is ridiculous." She also tried to discourage us from leaving a review ("Lets just forgo the review deal. I’m not into negative reviews...") but we feel it is important that future guests know what they're getting into.
Again, beautiful little space -- only book it if you've thoroughly read the description and are ok listening to some NIMBY rants & a lot of zealous passion about water conservation.