Everything that's wrong with the direction AirBNB has gone. Immediately upon booking this place I'm greeted with a 2 page list of crimes and punishements. Leave the place dirty = $$$, make noise = $$$, get makeup on towels = $$$, excess rubbish = $$$, etc etc etc. Then numerous reminders from the host about taking shoes off and leaving the place tidy. It should have set off alarm bells but it's become the norm.
Next surprise was a message on the day saying that self checkin meant picking up keys from a lock box a 6 min walk away from the apartment. After dragging my luggage in the rain a city block away to find the lockbox (the code is of course wrong) I have to walk back in the rain so I'm thoroughly soaked before arrival.
Then I go into the apartment and find that the concern about cleanliness is apparently because they cheap out on cleaners. Bins were full of rubbish, dishwasher full of dirty dishes, hair and toilet roll holders on the floor of the bathroom.
Finally, facilities. The apartment is advertised with essentials for the bathroom and kitchen, of course it has neither. No handsoap anywhere in the apartment, no toiletries, no tissues, not a thing in the kitchen other than new and never filled salt and peper shakers.
Last straw was the TV that had clearly never been tested as the aerial wasn't funtional.
Put simply I should have got a hotel. AirBNB's pitch these days seems to be 'pay more, get less'. Never again.