The room is small but enough for two people to live. The basic facilities like microwave are convenient. Everything was okay when we live there.
But weird things happened after we left the room. So just write things down to remind people who want to rent this room. You might be “accused” by the landlord for damaging something which you didn’t damage. And always remember to make videos when you check in/out.
This landlord accused us of some damage we didn't do.We have reasonable ideas to suggest that it was blackmail from the landlord.
First, we never saw the trash bin in the picture from check-in to check-out, and we never used it, but she asked us to compensate.
Second, we checked everything before we check out.All the facilities were checked and no further damage was confirmed with her through FaceTime.Also, we've confirmed that we didn’t damage the shower door.She is claiming compensation for what we have not damaged.
As for the dirt on the floor, it is raining in Paris and we admit that the floor is dirty by us, but we pay the service charge and cleaning fee, and the landlord is fully responsible to clean it instead of asking us for compensation.
In addition, she didn’t show any supportive and reasonable evidence about the “compensation fee”. Eg, a web link about the bin/shower door; official cleaning fee about a small room. When was the last time she saw the bin? Did she have the picture, where did she put the bin? When was the last time she saw the shower door and how does that look like? Did she got a picture?
We have enough reasons to doubt that is just an excuse to make more money for the landlord. To be short, this is blackmail. And our benefits as customers are damaged.
What’s more, we didn’t make any videos about the whole facilities in the room when we check in and there is no one there to show us everything. We just had FaceTime. When we check out, we also did not make any videos about the room. Therefore, it’s highly possible that the room is in a damaged situation for us to live but we didn’t realize that.