My name is Radha and I am one of three people who were hosted at Emily's home.
These comments only reflect my personal experience, not my friend Zoe who booked the reservation.
Our hosts were very gracious to let us stay even though we booked the wrong date.
They weren't planning on hosting at all that weekend because it was their anniversary
but they let us stay anyway. Very nice. Thank you!
I wished I would have read a lot more reviews before we booked it because they
have about 8 tropical birds. I'm aromatically very sensitive unfortunately, and I would
have chosen differently had I known. It seems like the hosts would put that more prominently in their profile, since it is such a huge presence in the home. If you don't like birds in cages and the aromas that go with that, I don't recommend it.
Also, their profile says you can use the kitchen to prepare food. All I needed was to
to boil water for my morning cuppa and I mentioned that to Emily during the
tour on arrival. She said that was fine. But at 7am when I was in the kitchen, Emily came out and it felt like I shouldn't be in there. She asked me what I was doing in a sort of uncomfortable way. Glad I had no need to make food. I left the kitchen as quickly as I could. I used my flashlight, since it was still dark out and the birds were asleep, but that woke them and one of them squawked loudly.
We rented both rooms as there were three of us and the room my friend stayed in
had a lot of ants. He didn't mention that until after we checked out, so we didn't say
anything to the hosts.
I did read the other reviews, after the fact, and I was taken aback at Emily's unprofessional responses to her guests, and lack of apology, when given critical feedback.
The bed was comfortable and the price was great! And the window opens.