This is the first AirBNB (since 2010!) where I’ve had ups and downs.
We stayed here for a month with our baby who turned 6 months old during the trip.
When we arrived, communication with the host was good, and Greg had filled the fridge with milk, eggs, bacon and other things, which was a lovely gesture.
The place was a little worn and not particularly clean, but it was very conveniently located, and had everything we needed.
There was construction outside the window for the entire month, which made working in the flat almost impossible, and wasn’t great for the baby sleeping or for privacy (nothing like coming out of the shower in a 24th floor flat to find a man staring in at you through the window). It also meant we couldn’t use the balcony because of the debris and noise. It would have been good to have been warned about this before.
On our way out, the baby managed to get a bag down from a shelf that I thought was out of her reach, opened a makeup container, and put some makeup on the carpet, which was a bit of a disaster. I bought some carpet cleaner, but I read that it was toxic to babies, so I left it for the cleaner, informed Greg and offered to pay for a professional carpet cleaning.
This was our fault - we didn’t realise the baby had acquired these new chaos skills.
We vacuumed and wiped the counters on the way out, but I left the key in the postbox, rather than the lockbox (which was my mistake).
The conversation about the carpet didn’t go well. I offered to pay for a professional cleaning. Greg told me that the whole carpet would need to be replaced, along with the whole kitchen countertop (which I really didn’t understand). When I suggested we go to Airbnb mediation, he said it was all good, and then stopped communicating. I’m still happy to help with the carpet clean cost but communication could have been better.