Upon arriving at the venue, instructions to obtain the key were not clear however we got through this with assistance of other Airbnb guests.
We entered the apartment to be greeted by blood splatter on several of the walls, broken bathroom fittings, dirty kitchen with knife gouges taken out of the stone benchtop, rips in the lounge fabric covered by very old duct tape, broken lamps, very old & tired furniture and dirty marks on the walls (the ones which didn't have blood on them), and dirty finger marks an smears across the tv.
The kitchen facilities were poor. There was only hodge podge cutlery, glasses etc & pots and pans were burnt and dirty and unable to be used without first cleaning them (some where unusable). The fridge looked like it had never been defrosted with a large clump of ice attached to the inside of it.
While communication with the owner was adequate, the owner admitted that he was aware of the state of the property prior to our entry, however he made the excuse that he did not have time to attend to the issues.
A refund due to the unhygienic and poor state of the property was promised if I did not post a negative review, however this promise was reneged upon when I reminded him that I was still waiting for this to occur.
I will never Airbnb from this owner again and it has shaken my faith in the Airbnb system. I will stick to proper hotel accommodation in the future.