Ok so after receiving 5 messages asking to leave a 5-star review in 5 days I think I'll have to do it.
There's not much to say about the apartment. It is pretty good for the price and the location is great.
However, the communication with the host was just terrible. This is the most irresponsible host I've ever met.
I booked the apartment 2-3 weeks prior to my arrival. I checked the photos, amenities, and reviews. Then I communicated with the host via chat, I always do that to make sure the apartment is available and the host can really host me. This time it was even more important to me because I was traveling from abroad and I had to report the location where I stay for the mandatory 14-days quarantine in advance.
The host confirmed that the apartment is available and that he can host me. So I booked it and I thought that I'm done with the booking. I couldn't be more wrong.
In one or two hours the host contacted me saying that suddenly that apartment isn't available anymore. But he can offer another apartment for the same price at the same building. When he informed me about it he sent me a very generic message explaining that the new apartment is even better and bigger.
Okay, that was weird, a few hours ago that apartment was available, but not anymore. Fine, I checked thoroughly the new apartment and after I confirmed that it was kind of the same I agreed to change the booking. By that time I already sent the address of the first apartment to one of the many places I had to report prior to arriving in Canada. But no problem, it's just one place and I can inform them quickly that the address is actually a bit different. After that, I asked him not to change the booking again and he said no problem.
Then for quite some time, I haven't heard from the host, but around the dates I had to arrived, he started to send me more and more messages that I must change the apartment because the one I booked SUDDENLY isn't available anymore. The same generic messages, so it's obvious that I'm not the first and not the last to receive it. I explained to him that I can't do that and that I informed him about it in advance. He replied that it is MY RESPONSIBILITY for him not being able to manage properly his own apartments. In the process, he didn't hesitate to come up with lies that at that apartment I booked there's someone with COVID so it's better to change it. When I replied that this is fine with me, just clean the apartment properly before I move, he insisted that it is impossible. Then I asked for some proof that there's someone with COVID because in this case, I would be able to report my new address where I stay to the government (without serious reasons it wasn't possible to change the address at such late notice). After that he replied that SUDDENLY there's nobody with COVID there, they just want to stay longer and he doesn't have time to prepare the apartment.
In the end, he just forced me to change the apartment because I was about to arrive and he wouldn't let me enter the apartment I booked. But I had to stay somewhere, especially taking into account that it had to be a 14-days quarantine stay.
For the next few weeks, I had to deal with troubles that my address is incorrect in the government system, and in a few other places. I received all the letters to the wrong address and it was a real pain to deal with.
What is interesting is that after that period with the apartment switch the host became much more responsible and friendly. Maybe because I had to report the situation to the Airbnb support, maybe for some other reason, but I didn't have much trouble with him after that. This is the only reason I'm leaving more than 1 star for the communication.