Unfortunately our stay was overshadowed by Colette and her employee, Jayar (who Colette had arranged to meet us at the apartment), demanding we pay Jayar an extra 30 euros in cash on the day of arrival simply because our arrival was delayed due to thick fog at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
Whilst our flight from London was originally due to arrive in Paris mid-morning, it ended up being delayed until the afternoon due to thick fog in Paris. In fact the majority of flights from London to Paris were severely delayed or cancelled that day. I kept both Colette and her employee up to date as soon as we received updates from the airline, but received increasingly rude messages as the day went on, including one from Jayar simply saying "you have to pay me 30 euros because I had to wait too long".
Once we arrived Jayar let us in to the apartment and was much more polite in person, however he informed us that Colette had told him we would pay him 30 euros in cash, which was never agreed. Jayar actually then agreed with us that it was really a matter between him and Colette.
Shortly after Jayar left I received a message from Colette, simply stating "did you pay the boy who waited for you some money??" I politely explained why we did not agree to that and received no further message from Colette during our stay.
It did not end there as once we arrived back in London Colette again requested an extra 30 euros from us through Airbnb due to her employee "having to wait". In her request to Airbnb Colette said she knows that when flights are delayed by more than two hours airlines have to pay compensation to passengers. This is not correct. When the delay is due to weather they are not required to do this under EU law, apart from a £6 meal voucher.
I have used Airbnb for over 2 1/2 years now and had never left a bad review. However my friends and I were shocked at the host's attitude, including her inability to empathise with our position and the fact that the time of our arrival was completely out of our control.
Unfortunately the drain in the shower was also clogged from the start, and would take around an hour to drain after someone had a shower. On our last day we ended up giving up on using the shower altogether.