Could not bear to stay for all the booked time due to substandard accommodation.
I was able to get accommodation at my previous Airbnb host. I am not asking for a refund as I should have looked closer at Anthony's wording. Anthony asked repeatedly if he could let the second room I paid for but did not need (from 1st night) as my business partner found accommodation with a girlfriend elsewhere in Perth.
My examples of sub-standard accommodation include (and I have extensive photographic evidence):
'Private room in a home hosted by Anthony'
- Anthony never slept on-site during my stay and was only sighted on the night of arrival.
- There was no 'hosting' by Anthony and no sight of 'Breakfast is provided' even though it is advertised as B&B.
The Kitchen is substandard with a rusting electric stove that may have been picked up from a council kerb clean up.
There is a refrigerator in the kitchen but it does not work. You must step out into the outside living area to use a working fridge and chest freezer (with badly deteriorated seals). There is a third refrigerator which I was told by the other guest that too did not work.
This outside area is a potential rat haven with furniture, bedding and other junk stacked everywhere.
It took much hot water sterilising and cleaning before I dared cook a meal. This is a first for my many years of great Airbnb experiences (in Australia).
Anthony must be short-sighted as there are spider cobwebs above food preparation. The Microwave is powered by a very long dirty extension lead that sits on top in a coiled shape which is contrary to how any long lead is used and risks causing a fire.
One of the kitchen drawers has fallen off its runners. Anthony looked at it but made no comment as to when he would fix this.
Cooking basics' - there were old pre-used oil, salt and pepper and other condiments but I dared not touch these as they were dirty and presumably leftovers from previous guests. It became clear he does not seem to employ any professional or trained cleaners between guests.
The other guest commenting he had to buy most of the cleaning materials.
'Dishes and cutlery' - there was simply insufficient cutlery should more than 2 persons want to eat at the same time. There are either 3 or 4 rooms that could be let, hence one would expect many more pieces of cutlery.
There is black growth around the back of the sink, the same in the bathroom. There are burn marks on a kitchen work surface. The light switches are filthy.
'Bathroom'
No one should have to pick up the toilet paper roll from the floor and expose themselves to previous users efforts - Surely the cost of a toilet roll hanger is not too much to expect.
Shower Gel' - no sign but a few dirty part-opened bottles that may have been left by earlier guests.
A major problem with the shower is that there is no shelf or place to hold shampoo, body soap etc. Bending down in the narrow width shower to pick up soap etc. may be a challenge for some people.
The shower also has a dirty and cheap piece of plastic curtain that flies up with the draft caused by the hot shower water.
The Bathroom vanity has black mould around the rear and the mirror's wooden frame has drooped so low that the sharp edge of the glass has been revealed.
The tiling throughout the bathroom must surely fail building standards with jagged edges around the circular floor outlet that now has (I'm guessing) many years of black growth. There are even tiling spacers that have been left between tiles during application and very few tile lines meet.
I would guess that many light switch surrounds have not seen a thorough cleaning in a long time - all with grime and one of these has been covered over by tiling grout and may not comply with Electrical wiring standards as regards accessibility.
I would not recommend walking barefooted as you need to clean your feet of unvacuumed dirt on the floors before getting into bed.
The bed linen had a small cigarette burn hole and Anthony promised he would return with a mattress protector for the second bedroom.
I failed to ask when he was going to return as the protector never appeared whilst I stayed there.
In fairness to the other occupant, I had to turn off the room air-conditioner early as it made a huge noise and vibrates the walls. This occupant thanked me as he was having to use earplugs to get sleep if the air-con was run all night as occurred with previous occupants.
'Television with standard cable' - No, this is not Cable TV as most would understand but is about a 10-year-old style LCD model that has a power lead (i.e. cable) attached but no antenna nor a wall outlet to connect to (and why should a guest have to make these connections) certainly no Foxtel or other streaming services.
'Private living room' - I never found this.
Yes, there is what I assumed was a living room but it is occupied by a queen-size bed and some personal clothing and a large TV. There was no sign of an occupant and also confirmed by the other guest. This room has no door attached but there is a door leaning against a wall nearby.
A second toilet is available but the door cannot be closed to poor workmanship by whoever installed it.
'Backyard - An open space on the property usually covered in the grass'.
What this description fails to mention is the open space is full of long-abandoned objects i.e. rusty unregistered car trailer. Even the garden areas have become overgrown with grass.
The rear fence looks like it has been knocked down by a motor vehicle leaving the (busy)