Very sadly and horribly disappointed.
As a digital nomad I live in Airbnb's and this was my 6th in Buenos Aires. I stayed for a month. When I arrived, I loved it and felt it was homier and better than the photos. There was confusion about the Freezer not working. Then the lies, gaslighting, deception, and refusal to take basic measures to fix simple things began.
I was made to feel bad and told that no one had ever complained about anything. The host emphasizes he is a Superhost and suggests something must be wrong with me. But here is the story. I have a housekeeper who cooks and cleans three days weekly. So the place is VERY well kept by me. She also got to know and spoke with the host's housekeeper and got information for me about the history of problems.
Within hours of arriving, I ordered Pizza, took slices and went to another room to eat. When returning shortly for more there were Ants all over the pizza. LOTS of ANTS. The host told me he had never heard anything about ants in the past. Three days later the host's housekeeper arrived and showed me a load of ant killing supplies and said it was an issue many years. There were ants crawling across the bed frame and the kitchen the whole time though it improved with my diligent use of bug spray. The host lied similarly about the freezer which his housekeeper also said was bad. The toilet does not flush properly and he said it was recently repaired, but well it won't flush paper sometimes and you'll have to work hard to make it work properly to flush. The host's housekeeper also shared it had long been an issue.
On my third day, I got out of the shower to find the co-host in the apartment. I felt invaded. I was leaving to a Spanish class when she started talking "At me" I said in my best broken Spanish that I needed to go and didn't speak Spanish. I understood her to say that "Yes you do" and she proceeded to talk over me to the point it felt like yelling. I was trapped in the kitchen and frightened and eventually made it to the bedroom where I blocked myself in. Shaken I messaged the host, then left.
At that point, I just stopped asking for them to fix anything. I was stuck for a month with Endless ants, a freezer that didn't work, a fridge door that doesn't shut. I got sick to my stomach and the toilet wouldn't flush properly. To top it off the dining room had 1/3 the light bulbs which I was told required a professional to change. After a month there are still no light bulbs.
This apartment could be fantastic without lies and a bad host who didn't fix things that don't work. I am convinced that somehow he makes people feel bad for complaining and they never say a thing thinking they are the only ones who have ever had a problem. I felt that way initially too. However, even with a good host, unfortunately, the neighborhood is very bad. Homeless people literally have mattresses on the sidewalks, and I even saw one guy who had a bed frame and mattress! Much better neighborhoods in Recoleta, Palermo, or San Telmo. Too bad too, because I liked the bones of this apartment a lot in the first hours.
I don't take pleasure in leaving a bad review. I do just hope the host will fix things, and now at least if people do rent here he cannot say it has never happened before and make people feel bad and keep their mouths shut. Airbnb is based upon trust. We all just want a comfortable place without drama. We know there might be issues and its okay as long as Estanislao as a host again. In the end, the lies were worse than the ants.