I'm beginning this review with the fact that I'm not a clean freak and I absolutely loathe cleaning. This place took the cake though...especially as people are PAYING to stay in it!
I arrived early evening from London. Had to pick up keys from a nearby pub. Walked to the apartment and after letting myself in, I thought someone else was in there as the smell of cigarette smoke was so fresh. After opening the windows on both sides of apartment, the smell vanished a bit (I saw the ashtray out one of the windows, so the smell had definitely come from someone recently smoking it in the apartment).
The bedroom. Oh, I wish I could post the photos I took! The bed was unmade, which I thought was strange. Upon closer inspection, it looked as though the sheets had been slept in and hadn't been changed in over a month! GROSS!!!!! Couldn't find any others to replace them either. Just pulled them off and slept on a sarong I had in my suitcase, with another sarong on top and then the blanket (the blanket cover hadn't been washed in a very long time too...YUCK!!!)
The bathroom. Hair all over the floor. No clean towels to use (the towels had obviously been used many times and had been left there to dry...they had a funny smell to them, so had to basically drip dry after the shower). The shower hasn't had a good scrub in many months! Black mould in the grout that I could wipe off with my finger.
The kitchen and living room were lovely though. Looks like the kitchen was fairly new, hence no time to get dirty yet. There were some dirty cups left in the sink though.
All in all, it was not a great experience. It doesn't matter if it's cheap or if people are only staying one night, it still needs to be relatively clean! It doesn't matter if the sheets or towels are old...they still need to be clean. Preferably no smoking inside and leaving the windows closed also....not a great start when you walk into a room with a very strong smoke smell.
A definitely bachelor pad that needs to either be cleaned up, or not available for rent on AirBnB!