When we first turned up my wife looked over to me and gave me the look of disappointment. The exterior looks terrible. The exterior of the 3 flats is very poor. Gardens are overgrown and it has this 'housos' vibe to it.
Apon entering the front door I was punched in the face with this smell of stale cigarette smoke and old mouldy pub. It was very strong that even my 2 year old was complaining. It was horrendous. We had to open all the windows and light some of our candles yet the odour is so strong. This was the worst part of our stay.
None of the windows have see through mesh so we had to keep the blinds down and turn lights on as all windows face to public areas. We had some schoolies looking at us through the windows and waving which was weird and annoying.
On the blinds, none of them had the safety catch down the bottom of the cord. This is the law so I was annoyed not seeing it and had to tie them up so my kids didn't strangle. Also the smoke detector didn't work. Again poor form.
The main bedroom and the toilet door didn't even close.
There was also a heap of condiments in the fridge and cupboard. I wouldn't use these items but I was surprised to see that over half of the items are past their expiry date. Considering that some have milk products in them it is risky for the host to do this.
I was let down by this property and it's the first time since using Airbnb that I have been.