I feel sorry for having to write this review. Having just spent the last month traveling this has been my only bad experience with an Airbnb. Michèle’s apartment is in a great location and the apartment itself is nice. Unfortunately it was not cleaned properly before our stay. It could really benefit from a deep cleaning.
My husband and daughter arrived before me. When they got to the apartment the immediately noticed the smell of urine. My husband opened all the windows and that was helpful but the smell persisted through our stay.
The sink in the kitchen and bathroom were dirty. The walls were dirty. The bathroom mirror was splattered with toothpaste. The drawers with the utensils had dirt and pet hair. The few dishes that we went to use all needed to be rewashed. But there was no sponge in the kitchen.
The small pullout bed was broken. Because our daughter is small she was able to sleep on it as a sofa. But this would certainly be a problem for an adult.
I could go on listing the issues we had. But what ended up being the most negative part of this experience was after asking Michèle if she would consider refunding us the cleaning deposit she sends us a charge of $168 for breaking a cupboard door. It was so strange and rather shocking. We certainly didn’t break her cupboard door.
Maybe we should have let her know right away that we were upset with the state of apartment. Because we were only in Paris for a few days we decided not to spend our time dealing with a dirty Airbnb and just spend as little time there as possible.