General cleanliness and quality of the fittings of the property are pretty tired in places and pretty dangerous in others.
Showerhead in main bathroom kept falling down to point the water at the wall. No amount of tightening the bolts fixed it. This is potentially pretty dangerous if it's upright and then flips down when the water gets turned on and someone is standing underneath.
One of the rolling blinds in the master bedroom fell out of its bracket twice while we were there. Again potential injury if someone is standing beneath it to lower the blind. We re-mounted it both times but it will definitely fall again and give someone a massive fright.
Hutches in the kitchens for storage - one stays open by itself and one the door just falls down quickly. This will hit someone in the head at some point.
Whole exterior of the property (especially on the verandah) is filthy/in poor shape and just needs a clean. There is enough in the fees to clean the verandah area of the property.
The checklist and warnings of extra fees made us feel like dodgy tenants at a rental property instead of accom guests. Unfortunately AirBnB becoming corporatised and these properties being run by management companies means it's lost a lot of its early appeal to me.
The price doesn't even differ to hotels anymore once you bake in the fees. If this property was a hotel it wouldn't pass safety code.
Location was fantastic, portarlington was beautiful and there was a good amount of space.
I honestly can't believe this property had such high review scores.