Of all the places I stayed in Rio this was the most disgusting and noisy. I haven’t previously had any problems using Air bnb for many, many years, nor had a need to leave a negative review for a host before thankfully. But this experience was frickin unbelievable!!!!
The main issues we experienced were unacceptable dirtiness on arrival, cockroaches, and ants bloody everywhere - and loud noise all night long - that we could not sleep or eat there (!!!) we reported to host but the problemds werent solved.
As if that was not bad enough, when we asked to be fairly compensated, the host attacked me personally, started calling me names and made up lies so that he didn’t need to compensate me. Mental!!!! i guess u find out how a host really is and their character when things go wrong.... I understand from Air bnb that host even went to the extent of faking pictures - after we reported his place to Air BNB for cleanliness issues. Prior to then he was totally happy with us as guests and being nice... The. He went mad (!)
Frankly I am baffled by his behaviour - if someone experiences such a bad trip and i sects and dirt everywhere, why wouldn’t you just compensate them a proportion - instead of attacking them and lying, and causing drama for nothing....
I guess you get what you pay for, but I wasn’t expecting the lies and toxic abusr that came with this booking. What the heck Air BNb Rio, sort your “host-screening” out please!!!!?
The host also lied to me before booking and said the shower was fixed - total nightmare don’t think of getting a shower in here! (And the first lie we encountered).
We had to move this disgusting filthy rug that was covered in dirty and white marks, and the footrest also covered in thick white stains to the laundry room, which the host then “reported” us to Air BnB for (!!)
This studio is located right next to the front door, and there is a security guard 24/7 right outside the front door, playing his TV all night long and chatting very loudly during the night. We got no sleep at all. We spoke to the guard about it but he continued to make an absolute racket and treated it like he was in his own home, not at work - and told us where tongo when we asked him politely to keep it down.
The place was infested with ants and large cockroaches upon arrival - and although we absolutely scrubbed it (cleaning fooors, doraying alcohol everywhere and wiping everything doen), rhey persisted through our stay. The host accused us of lesvung garbage all over the flat and cauding the jnfestation - utterly untrue (!)) We hid all the food away and scrubbed it spotless but dtill had a very uncomfortable stay. Ants were crawling up walls well away from the kitchen even while we were trying to sleep in bed.
The biggest red flag for me is that the host attacked us for reporting problems and made lies up. He has even left me a bad review on Air BnB and lied to the
Company about how we left the apartment (I will be submitting evidence to the cobtrary shortly!) I’m astonished at the host not taking reponsibility, and his personal attacks on me. I’m nothing but a good guest but I have had nothing but problems staying in Rio de Janeiro with psychotic prople like Adriano, who is a liar.
Avoid - unless you want a headache and massive stress, and to lose your good standing on Air bnb for no good reason.