Unfortunately, you’re right. The host and his property had rating and reviews of 4.5 stars out of 5, so felt that there was no need to delve any further into the negative reviews at the time of booking. It was only until after our stay that I paid close attention to the negative reviews, and everything that was mentioned was everything that we experienced. The only way I can explain the confusing 4.5 rating is that maybe the host has been requesting for some of the negative reviews to be removed from the website (my own negative review was removed for breaching their rules ie. advising readers to view pictorial evidence of our stay that I uploaded onto social media).