The reason why this house gets this many stars is due to the outdoor area being wonderful and beautiful, the caretaker is very sweet and nice, the host responded to the mix up quickly and tried to fix it and negotiate with us and the house is beautiful only kinda dirty and very very stinky.
So with this review,
I basically just took the msg I
sent to the host when we left and copied and pasted it here with a couple spelling corrections I caught AND I added in the actual names of the towns we stayed in for this airbnb review. And obviously I didn't put the pictures in this review cause I can't.
Heyyy
So. I want to let you know....
The sheets and blankets smell really bad.
Like I couldn't keep them up to my neck cause of the stink close to my face. The smell was horrible. Also the beds are kind of damp.
So is everything in the house really.
And the whole house smelled like it needed to be aired out. Like there is mold or something in there. Or it just needs a really good cleaning with some bleach.
The fridge was disgusting. There was rotting corn and garlic in the fridge. Like sprouting rotting garlic. Seriously. I tossed it as soon as I got in. Should have sent you a picture.
The bottom glass is broken and there are lots of old sauces past the due dates in the fridge.
It is also leaking and growing mold.
The freezer is packed with ice sitting on frozen brownish ice.
The garbage in the kitchen wasn't changed when we got there and the lid looks like a child's grubby hands have been rubbing on it.
The lid of the garbage was so dirty we had to use our garbage to push it open then quickly toss the garbage in when it was swinging and then quickly move our hands so it didn't touch the lid.
The garbage bag in the washroom was changed but the garbage bins were gross and dirty.
Every rag in the kitchen smelled like it was wet and sitting there for weeks. And there was 3 of them.
A picture fell off the wall in the room with the one bed in it due to rotting wood we think or faulty fixing that turned upside down??? We put it back though.
We assume the shower wasnt cleaned since there were opened travel size shampoo in the shower stall. And water in a bucket next to the shower.
There was so much dust in the place we had to get Hydrocortisone cause we both broke out.
I am allergic to dust mites but Maggie isn't and even she broke out.
The towels smelled clean and Myra came over with her mother with water for us and were really nice.
When I told her the fridge was leaking she said not to worry. But where were we supposed to put our items since the leaking is coming from the part with the mold and we don't want that on out food.
We assume this house wasn't cleaned properly after the last guest and we were kinda unexpected due to the mix up of how the listing was listed but then would have preferred if we were told to wait 1hr and maybe go eat while the house was cleaned out properly.
I'm a bit critical due to being a past host BUT cleanliness is something that should always be a given.
And we may have been spoiled due to the first airbnb place in Hopkins Belize was wonderful and clean and the hostel in Placencia was wonderful and clean and the hostel we are in in San Pedro is wonderful and clean.
2 Airbnb's we stayed at were so stinky and gross and disappointing.
2 different hostels (that are cheaper than the Airbnb's) are cleaner than than 2 of the Airbnb's. That is not ok.
No matter how cheap the place.
The dogs were fine.
The cars were fine.
The things that were not fine were things that could have been prevented by making sure the house was cleaned.
I'm sending a couple pictures that we took before we left.
I now realize we should have taken pics right away and sent them.