We had a long weekend stay (3 nights) in this apartment and we would NOT RECOMMEND it to other guests as it is totally different as described @Airbnb and has some serious defects.
But let’s start from the beginning:
Our journey started with an uncomplicated self-check in and Jules was available for every question.
When we entered the apartment we got the first shock:
In the bedroom and in the bathroom is a lot of mould (dark spots). Probably also in the kitchen bit we did not dared to check it out in detail.
While the mould spot in the bedroom is in one corner, it spreaded in the bathroom over 2 walls (black mould) in the shower.
It was really disgusting taking a shower there and after 2 nights sleeping in these rooms we got problems with respiration :-(
Opening of windows was no option at night as the apartment is located on a loud road with a lot of nightlife (on the weekend till 4 am).
What also caused a lot of disturbing smell were the incense sticks. That’s a question of taste, but we had the feeling that they should cover some other smellings are were therefore extra strong. We removed them to the kitchen to finally breathe…
Another story is the kitchen:
While exploring the fridge we noticed that there was food in it which expired a long time back (e.g eggs which were expired middle Nov. 2021 - our stay was middle of Feb. 2022)
Also other open groceries like butter were there… didn’t dared to take a look when they expire.
We also dedicated to ignore the half-mouldy vegetables on the sideboard.
Generally it is no problem to leave personal things or food in the kitchen - at least you are living in somebody else’s apartment, but everything should be in fresh/acceptable status.
Also the water tab in the kitchen was not fixed and the kitchen tab dirty, so we decided to better order some food or eat in a restaurant…
Talking about cleanliness:
The windows were also dirty and the right shutter in the bedroom defect. After first closing we did not dared to open it again.
What is also important to know that the apartment only has a Beamer. The visitors need to bring an own computer in order to work with it - there is no TV.
Information about the Wi-Fi password, how to operate the Beamer etc. we just got on request, there is no instruction in the apartment.
After the first check we tried to find with Jules a solution for the situation that the apartment is DEFINITELY NOT as exposed at Airbnb and has some serious defects.
We proposed to cancel the reservation and just stay for one night or getting a discount…
Unfortunately Jules refused all our proposal and was not able to compromise, so we had to pay the full amount WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION :-(
Finally we hope to get support from Airbnb customer service now.
I booked already several times accommodations at Airbnb and never made this bad experiences with a host/apartment :-(
We are more that disappointed from the apartment and they way how we had been treated, we would NEVER EVER book it again…
Paris was nice, but next time only in a Hotel!