Balfour Street

Host i felt is controlling character, lots of rules, I was given attick room stairs going up to steap
Got no key yo front door given simply told to ring her phone to be allowed in. Please avoid if you want to avoid disappointment. I experience was just average. You are made to wear slippers at the house as host feels that they will carry bacteria everywhere. This itself is dangerous as footwear can make you fall downstairs or slip as it is just cheap wood laminate flooring and stairs to attick hard flooring, two unevdn handrails banged my head on the 2nd one. The house is pleasantly clean however to many messages around on walls making it bizarre. I got a bizaare feeling. Host presents herself as polite

I felt on edge

Nothing at all

towel was old and smelly no tea making facility extra £15 charge after paying booking .com

Curtains let too much light through for my taste

Every thing stay away

Rating: 1/10 (Zero if I could)

Title: Felt like a prison. Hostile environment, hidden fees, and absolute nightmare.

Do not book this place unless you want to feel trapped, terrified, and extorted for extra cash.

Before I even arrived, the host demanded an undisclosed £15 "cleaning fee" via bank transfer/cash. When I tried to cancel immediately because of this hidden fee, she refused to refund me, leaving me with no choice but to stay.

The two days I spent here were genuinely traumatic. The host's behavior is incredibly hostile and controlling. I was completely restricted from normal living:

1. Intimidation: I was yelled at just for walking downstairs to get water at night because the old stairs creaked. I was told to be completely silent at all times, including when opening or closing doors.

2. Extortion for Amenities: The listing claimed a washing machine was included. Instead, she demanded £4 for a 14-minute wash, £8 for 30 minutes, plus £2 for detergent, then refused to let me wash clothes after 7 PM.

3. Bizarre Restrictions: I was told not to leave a single drop of water on the bathroom floor after bathing and had to mop it immediately. I was micro-managed on how to use the microwave/oven (told I couldn't open it or run it for more than 30 seconds).

4. Fake Listing: Almost none of the advertised facilities (iron, cleaning products, drying rack, fan) were provided. I literally had to dry my wet clothes on the window curtain rod.

I paid £56 for the room and was forced to pay an extra £15 cleaning fee, yet she forced me to do all the cleaning myself. I felt like an unpaid cleaner in a prison rather than a paying guest. I fled early in the morning on July 3rd just to escape. Avoid at all costs.

When martha runs out of milk for coffee lol