** read through the whole review**
I was extremely excited to visit Montreal for the first time. I had planned & did an extensive search towards an optimal and affordable place to stay in the city.
The pictures of the place looked amazing but sadly pictures never tell the truth, unfortunately, this time the pictures had embellished the truth quite excessively.
Yes, I was aware that is it a basement suite, and I didn’t mind.
To reach the suit you have to make a steep descent of an abnormal amount of stairs in a very narrow path. The basement is divided into multiple enclosed suits which are separated by 3-inch wooden doors and extremely thin drywall ( needless to say, you hear everything in there).
When I entered the basement I was overwhelmed by the excessive smell of frying oil. As I analyzing the suit furthermore,
which was pretty much a GIANT KITCHEN and a TINY TINY over-broken OLD pull-out sofa.
I realized that every item in that suit was affected by the humid cooking oil fumes and every piece of furniture had a lingering smell and sticky oil surface.
So my immediate response was to reach out to the host, especially after re-inspecting the leasing agreement, which clearly states that no refunds are allowed on check-in days. Thankfully, Nicholas was kind enough and offered a full refund in a return for a 5-star review. Since that conversation, neither I nor the Airbnb staff (who were very understanding) was able to reach Nick for 3 days, turns out that Nick had decided to dishonour his verbal agreement of a full refund.
Unfortunately according to nick, he has “a business to run” and my concerns were not valid.
I am very displeased with how this situation turned out.
Cheers Nick. Thank you for being a man of your word.