Though the location itself is very good, the apartment was extremely noisy with neighbours TV is backing up to the bedroom. The neighbours also left their front door wide open so the loud TV sounds channel down the hallway into our living space. Further, the construction noise it started at 7 AM every day was prohibitive of any kind of sleep in. Clearly, the walls are paperthin and the neighbours are going anywhere even though the construction noise may stop.
Credit card deposit requested in email. Even though they said airbnb bookings didn’t need to pay (in the middle of a paragraph), you could still click the link and pay a deposit which you do not need to do. That is, it would still allow you to pay a large $800 deposit even though you are not legally liable for it. Why send this email to Airbnb bookings at all?
The host tried to get my credit card info AGAIN during check-in! So shady. The check-in host was adamant that he needed my credit card and was going to take a photo of it with his mobile phone. This is neither legal nor secure. My credit card photo could’ve been sent to anyone from his mobile phone.