The first lie about this place is right in the title. It says private apartment. It is a basement apartent (not stated in the title) also it is shared laundry with upstairs tenant, who chose to do laundry for the entire duration on my 18 hour stay and did not knock once when entering the basement the 20 times she came and walked directly through our "PRIVATE" apartment to get to the washer and dryer. This was supposed to be a romantic getaway for my wife and I, but it turned outwe couldn't even get intimate with this lady entering unannounced at her own free will.
The place was dated and not very clean. felt like we were in a cheap motel without the privacy lol.
Now heres the part that instigated me into writing this review in general. I was just going to leave it and not write a review at all. but this morning I noticed that I had a message from the host and a request for $50.00 in damages. I found this to be very peculiar considering in no way shape or form did my wife and I cause any damage. So I open the request for money to find that they are saying we stole the keys to the bedroom (which were not even there upon arrival.) After seeing the request I opened Lily (the host) and my conversation to see she had messaged me yesterday which I didn't see more or less begging me for a 5 star review. Her message also said that if I was not going to leave her a 5 star review that she would prefer I didn't write one at all because that negatively impacts her business on Air BnB and could even lead to her being suspended. That message was definitely wrong to send and is quite disgusting how she is attempting to bypass Air BnB's rules and regulations in her favour. She's coercing her clients to feel bad for her. I am a small business owner myself and never would i have the nerve to ask someone to not give their honest opinion. Businesses are supposedto grow from their mistakes.
She also sent me a message asking for these mystery keys and even went as far as putting a picture of the keys in the bedroom door. This picture has a time stamp and was taken and posted 2 hours after my wifeand i left the apartment. the pictures stamp says 2:43 pm on November 29th (our check out was Noon on the 29th.) So not only is she lying about these keys. She clearly ratted herself out about having the keys after we left. Makes no sense to me. Also shes asking $50.00 for a key that can be made at any hardware store for $2.00.
I think it is totally safe to say that I do not recommend this place to anyone. It was appealing cause of the price and it was supposed to be private. But I urge the next guests to go elsewhere and pay more for better.
0/5 stars,
Joshua Daves