2/10 Terrible
JOSHUA
24 July 2023
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
I am not sure how this place has such a strong review, which is part of why I booked it. First, to quote the listing:
"You'll have this place all to yourself, except others in your party."
This is a lie.
You're renting the top, attic area of a rickety old house. Downstairs, there's other renters. You do not have the place to yourself. You're sharing it with them. The attic has really, really thin floors -- I could hear the other people talking, yawning, farting.
The power went out constantly while I was there. I don't think it was a grid issue, as after 10-15 minutes, the downstairs people would blunder outside and mess with something. I suspect that the house's fuse box was unable to handle having two parties. Annoyingly, this happened A LOT during the night, and each time it would come back, everything in the house would beep and whir.
The property itself is in a state of horrible disrepair. The stairs up are rickety, there's rusted out trash and benches scattered around, the ground is muddy and thick with unkempt weeds. There's nowhere to sit by the "kitchen table," a few boards nailed to 4x4s. There's a creepy trapdoor in the floor. Oh, and the ceilings are like 6.5' tall -- I felt like I was in China, slouching in the shower.
Cell reception is very, very poor -- I was relying on the WiFi, which only worked when the power was on.
What a dump!
