Usually, I don’t write reviews that aren’t positive because there is no malice on the owners. Nevertheless, this particular case requires a description for other AirBnB users to we aware where they choose to stay.
The only good thing of the studio is where is located, but so it is the trash bin across the street. After the good news, let’s review the apartment. All photos are taken to trick people to think that the place it’s bigger than it actually is (that’s a trend in AirBnB). You can certainly photograph the studio with one shot. The studio has a ceiling in a 60 degree inclination (more or less) leaving the walkable area around 40% of the space… if you are a 5’ 9” or less. If you are taller than that, you are in trouble. The studio has a huge column right on the entrance, making it even more awkward. The place has only one window on the ceiling, awesome… ah! And you get two fans as well… but the cheap ones. During summer you can move the hot air left to right or vice versa. Your choice. Our daughter, with health issues, wasn’t able to breath due to the extreme heat and lack of ventilation. We had to leave the apartment in a rush. My wife and I were presenting symptoms of suffering a heatstroke (headache, nausea…). That happened in less than 90 minutes.
We contacted the host. The communication was clear and concise. She only said “sorry for the inconvenience” and “good”. Airbnb customer service should drop the customer and service from their title. Basically useless and nonexistent. At that moment we realized that if anything goes wrong during your stay, you are alone and screwed. Airbnb already collected its fee, and the host keeps the rest. No leverage at all. Food for thought.
There is more to say about the studio, the “super host”, and Airbnb customer service, but I already lost too much time and money to keep wasting even more.