Review feedback for guests who went into my private space

[Suzanne302]

Ugh. I find it so easy to give advice on reviews when I'm not the host in question! Would love feedback on this one.

I host a room in my home. The guests were friendly and otherwise good guests except that 1) Their dog used a LITTER BOX (I've never heard of this before and although I prohibit pee pads, I never thought I'd have to mention a litter box, lol) and litter was scattered about the room. Nothing terrible though, so whatever.

2) The closet in the room is the largest in my old house so I use it for storage and it's not available to guests. I mention this in my listing, in my house manual, and in a VERY CLEAR SIGN in the room. However, since my room is tiny, I do say they are welcome to stash their suitcases in the closet for extra room, but, again, explicitly say, please do not disturb my belongings. And guess what they did? They pulled out a duvet that was in the closet as well as a fitted sheet and I have no clue how they used the fitted sheet. Both were left on top of the bed when they checked out. The other sheets were still on the bed in normal position. Nothing was stained or wet.

I don't want advice about having an off-limits closet. That's not going to change. I have a small house and need the storage so I'm not clearing it out for guests!

I am going to give them private feedback about the invasion of privacy, but haven't decided how to handle the public review. I'm definitely dinging them on stars for the house rules, but not sure whether to mention in the review that they disturbed my personal belongings or not. What say ye?

[Suzanne302]

@Kristina46 

It's quite common in rentals to have an "owner's closet." As a matter of fact, I see them in almost every place I've rented. And this is a homeshare, so literally, they are renting and agreeing to a "shared space." If you're annoyed with sharing with a host, then you need to rent a property that is not advertised as or in the category of shared space.

The issue has been resolved, unfortunately I can't turn off comments.

[Suzanne302]

Let’s just take me “not” using the closet completely off the table. That is not happening! This closet is worth a lot of money, lol! It’s huge, I designed it myself and had shelving and drawers installed, and it’s getting used by ME!