I booked this place based on reviews here and on another well known review site, and I just cant see it.
The woman running this place is friendly enough and does have your interests at heart, but I just found the place fairly run down and not that comfortable. The kitchen was dire. The food was nice enough, but nothing great. The mattress needed replacing. The ceiling fan didn't work.
I can ignore these things but the owner went on and on about how she was all alone with no family and no money and that this place was all that she had and her only income. And keep asking for good reviews (to ensure an income) which I felt uncomfortable about. I dont like being guilt manipulated.
Plus I was in a room next to the dining room so the TV and radio were loud in my room plus she always did phone calls on speaker phone on full volume.
Maybe this is what homestays are like, but I wont be doing another one.