Our stay was overshadowed by the host sending us a series of unpleasant and increasingly threatening messages. We were travelling up from Nottingham because we had a funeral the following day. When we got there we had some elderly family members visit us at around 7pm in the evening. We had booked the property for 3 adults and 1 child, as stated in the booking, and there was never any intention for additional guests to stay. Nowhere in the property listing, booking information or any separate communication we received from the host did it state that prior approval was required for visitors or that the host needed to be notified in advance of anyone visiting the property. Had this requirement been clearly communicated beforehand, we would of course have taken it into consideration. Despite this, the host contacted us saying that 8 people had been “observed” entering the property. We explained that the visitors had left and confirmed that our booked guests were the only people staying overnight. The host then sent further messages demanding confirmation of the number of occupants within 30 minutes and threatening to send a representative to the property to verify the number of people there. We completely understand that a host has legitimate concerns about occupancy and that the property's rules should be respected. However, the tone and manner in which this was handled were extremely uncomfortable. For that reason, unfortunately we would not stay here again.