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In her short stay with me, she told me how she had to leave her home due to black mold and has a traumatic brain injury. Plus gave me a long list of allergies including being allergic to electricity and cats. I was actually fearful for my cats when I left my home because of how hostile she was to them. This despite her telling me before she booked that she liked cats and had no issues with them.
When I reminded her that she kept on leaving the windows open when she went out she tried to play the old lady card and told me that she is 69 years old but being 60 myself I didnāt see what that had to do with leaving the windows open and did offer to turn the A/C back on so that the windows didnāt need to be opened.
Interesting that 3 of her reviews are from thee same host who is no longer hosting, probably due to multiple cancellations. Red flags for sure, but sometimes you can see possible rational reasons and decide to offer. btW itās much easier to get smoke smell out with bowls of white vinegar set in the room for a few hours.
Then she should have rented somewhere thatās off the grid. Funny how someone who is allergic to electricity (if there is such a thing) has so much internet presence
I only wear Chanel perfume & donāt know any women who donāt use perfume so this seems like a strange and self limiting house rule to meā¦I also hate the smell of over floral, cheap nasty, over sprayed perfuming but is it fair to exclude the majority of females who donāt do this? Itās your house obviously so you can do as you wish, Iām just curious?
I have never worm perfume. None of my friends wear any scents. It isnāt anywhere near as common as it once was. I really dislike the stuff, cheap, expensive, it doesnāt matter. Long term, like 2 hours, of exposure, and I am sneezing and my sinusā are filling up. My listing states that we have a low-smell house, though I donāt forbid scents. Around here, perfume is pretty unusual.
Did you find my listing? You must have, or else I repeated here what I have in my listing. Oddly enough I made that āruleā primarily for the men because their colognes are by far the most potent, obnoxious and long lasting; but womenās can be just about as putrid. BTW Chanel is almost tolerable IF you donāt overdo it.
Most scents are like Febreze: 100% chemically engineered in a laboratory, which is all the more reason not to have them in a home.
If Iām in public or else passing a coworker in the hallway or elevator and I get a whiff of cologne-- thatās just fine. But when a person whoās doused him or herself in chemical smells spends time in your home that smell gets transferred to every object the person touches: furniture, door knobs, etc. And that sh_t is designed to LAST, and it DOES
Coincidentally, at the moment I have a guest who specifically chose my place because of the āno scentā policy. I actually get quite a few of them. Mind you, I donāt flip out when someone uses some beauty product to remove make-up or if they put on some sun screen. Iām not that strict. What I do flip out over is that horrible menās stuff. I think itās called Axe? Makes me ill.
Ha ha ha!!! Glad to hear Iām not the only one. A few summers back I was working in Yosemite at a tour desk. When I first got there I was pissed off that the hotel would spray so much insecticide in such close quarters in the hotel. It turned out to be my coworkerās AXE!!! Or whatever it was called. It smelled like RAID. And I had to work next to this jerk for 8 hours.
Teen age boys love it!!! You donāt sub regular ed at high school so you may have missed the Axe Revolution! This stuff is not even marketed on TV or anything that kids see, but all the boys want it because they are convinced it drives teen age girls wild. Even my own boys have Axe deodorant and body wash and they are 21.
I sub only elementary classes on gen ed campuses, and only special ed if I can help it. So the Axe thing isnāt as big a deal, but I can sometimes smell it on the 5th graders. GAG :)))))
Honestly i dont know how you accepted her. From that one review i can see she is crazy. She looks like she might be Russian, also her name. Is she?
And why is she renting from people if she is local?
"Exposure to formaldehyde flooring for several months has left her extremely sensitive to any chemical exposure. She finally figured out the source of her malady and has left the apartment, her belongings are ruined. While sleeping on the couch of a friend, her dog, Bebe, fell in the pool and drowned. Her dogs were her life.
She is at one of the lowest points in her life.
Lana has started an emergency fund, which is not easy for someone who is proud of all she has become. Many of you giving very little will help a lot.
Lana will look for a cleaner place to live and basically start over. "
Thatās a curious page and site. Does anyone know anything about this stuff? Iāve never heard of this āpelvic mesh issueā. I agree with others that this lady definitely has mental health issues, but the other people on this site seem sympathetic towards her.
I think replying to a bad review with a lengthy detailed account can do more harm than good. It just draws more attention to the bad review. Definitely respond, but keep it short and simple. If 99% if your reviews are good, most sane people will realize this particular guest was wacked out.
