disappointed as soon as I entered the apartment.
1. main pic displayed on air bnb doesn't match anywhere in this apartment which is VERY misleading. someone already reviewed about this in their previous review.
2. No blinds in the main living room and the sun come straight to this apartment plus no privacy in the night time- earlier review shows that there were no main blinds but it was told to them that previous guest broke it and now he is trying to fix it. same was told to us. reality is that it has never been fixed atleast until we we were there. Wei was helpful to come and try to fix the blind but had no idea what he was doing. finally nothing was done and garbage bags were stuck with the tape so there is no sunlight and a bit of privacy in the evenings. honestly never encountered something like this when I paid 185 AUD per night. after we left, he sent us the picture of the blind which looks like it has been fixed and even if it is it's ' no use' to us.
3. there is no queen bed which is mentioned in the ad. it is only double bed.
4. smoke alarm gave us sleepless nights. previously someone else reviewed about this and I hope I had taken this seriously. again the host mentioned that it is not in his hands where I don't even think anyone has ever fixed this issue. Wei was helpful when this issue occured but that help was on the phone. finally my wife had to take the alarm off..
5. mentioning about sofa bed is a joke. sofa is ripped off and the fake leather is coming out. honestly few friends of mine came to this place and it was nothing but embarassment.
6. tap in the bathroom keeps coming out when you use it. don't forget dirty pots & pan.
host always make sure to blame the previous guest for the new guest experience. he is very smart and entirely knows how air bnb process works. when we were leaving the apartment he also made sure that if we need the apartment next time then don't need air bnb as he will gives us straight 20% discount.
7. host mentioned that he would like us to remove our shoes outside which is okay but then in sometime I could see my feet was full black & dirty. not sure why he would ask us to remove shoes when the apartment is not even clean properly.
8. he is the only cleaner who cleans this apartment. - someone reviewed this previously and again I hope I took it seriously.
9. it says self check-in but it's not. I was asked to come to the apartment and pick up the keys Inspite of the fact when host knows that there is never an enough parking on the street. finally I had to tell him that I can't come to pick up the keys as I would get a fine in no parking zone. host was then okay for me to come to a car park which is the last experience I would like to have after 6 hour drive. why it was not done before?
I have been using air bnb for quite some time in different countries and and this is the only 2nd experience which came out worst for me out of many so I would say most of them were great. I would not want any other traveller to feel what I felt so thought will share in detail.
Wei is a lovely guy but again I paid for this apartment and not for how lovely he is to me.