THE GOOD: Sleek, modern design. Two bathrooms. Balcony. Two TVs. Good for short stays. Good fans. Comfortable desk chairs. Three keys/locks, one for the property, another for the building and the last for the apartment. Got a drying rack in anticipation for our stay. Full size table for eating. Timely check in and check out.
THE BAD: Hard sofa. Leaky shower. No salt/pepper or any sort of spices/oil if you’re hoping to cook. Not suitable for long term stay if you work remotely. Construction is occurring outside the bedroom. Thin bed sheets. Floors were not properly cleaned and turned our feet black on first day so bring socks. Toilet water consistently runs unless you tinker with button. Faucet water sprays out.
THE UGLY: The gaslighting! We originally hoped to spend a year at the apartment. We booked for one month initially to test it out. When we initially reached out 2 months before arriving, we explained that we both taught online and needed stable internet and separate rooms to teach in. Sebastian assured us that the internet was “one of the highest you can get in Argentina.” After 2 days at the Airbnb we discovered this was not the case and the internet did not reach the bedroom well. When we asked him to fix the issue we were met with a ridiculous amount of gaslighting. We were told that we needed to pay for the expenses to get the internet to reach the bedroom and that our request was unreasonable and unjustified. Even when we showed him screenshots of the original conversations and mentions of separate rooms, he said we were being challenging and stated “I never stated that there was perfect connection in two rooms…” He even suggested we simply teach our students on the balcony. We ended up fixing the problem ourselves and even reluctantly considered still staying longer but it was booked to a previous tenant the same day we were told we were overreacting for wanting what was originally agreed upon. This ended up being a blessing in disguise. After this incident, Sebastian covered the expenses of a laundry day since the washing machine was not working during the beginning of the stay.