To start, please do NOT stay here.
My troubles with this listing began even before I had checked in. The host wanted me to “sneak” into the building to get the keys to the apartment. When I asked for an alternative he claimed all his guests checked in this way!
I reached out to Airbnb support and they asked the host to hand over the keys to me personally. On the day of my check in, I got stuck in traffic and arrived 15 min later than the scheduled time(6pm, please note this is well within the checkin hours so I wasn’t late!) The host tried to charge me an additional fee for being late! I had a bad feeling about this entire reservation right from the beginning ( was made 3 days before my trip, on pretty short notice, so couldn’t cancel without losing the entire fee)
Well I somehow checked in, and got moderately comfortable. During this time I reached out the host to ask about light switches and garbage bags but received no response at all.
A day later I woke up with what looked like a rash on my belly. The next day there was a rash on my arm. And then I found a bedbug on the couch!!!
I called Airbnb support again, they quickly checked me out (at 10:30pm I had to rapidly pack all my stuff, quickly book a hotel and run out), refunded whatever nights were remaining, I booked myself into a hotel where all my stuff was washed and dried for me.
This host, this apartment, this entire building was weird, scary and just plain shady. There’s always people waiting outside the door to follow a resident in, the security doesn’t care, it’s all too strange. Get a better place, save yourself the hassle I went through. I was on my own, and I’ve felt so much anxiety and stress on this trip.
I will say this, Airbnb support is the best Customer Support I have every experienced. Considerate, quick to respond, understand and kind people. This was my first airbnb, unfortunately do not think I will be brave enough to try it again for a long time!