The host was polite and thoughtful when it came to things like extra toiletries, and she was gracious about a last-minute change of plans when our dog was sick and had to come with us. She was also fun to chat with and was kind during our interactions. Unfortunately, this place has some serious issues and we would hate for someone to have things go even worse than we did in our three days, or have any of these warning signs turn into things where somebody gets hurt.
We woke up to a mouse in the kitchen on the first morning, and when we reported it, she shrugged and pointed at the woods across the street - no offer to help, just “what can you do?” She said she’d call someone after the weekend to come fix it.
The apartment is upstairs and doesn’t have central air, so the only cooling was a window AC unit in the living room and two fans in the bedroom. It was so hot in the bedroom that we couldn’t sleep. When we mentioned it, she said we could move the AC unit into the bedroom, but to keep it plugged in to the specific extension cord and outlet in the living room because it would blow the breaker if it was in any other outlet. Again, no offer to help, but she was willing to let us do the gross job of moving it back and forth (we put it back at the end of our stay) so we could sleep at night.
I think she means very well, and we liked the host very much, but didn’t have the best experience.