Before our arrival we talked to Tatiana over text and she told us we should just notify her 30 minutes prior to our arrival to the apartment and we will meet up. We let her know an hour in advance but were still waiting for the key for around 30 minutes. We never met Tatiana in person, since her husband was the one to give us the tour.
The apartment is a lot smaller than it looks in the pictures. You constantly have to watch your head for the ceiling and the wooden blocks. The front door does not lock, meaning you leave your belongings unprotected. The apartment is extremely hot and has no built in air conditioning, only a couple of very loud air coolers. The coolers are so loud, it is not possible to sleep with them turned on. On top of that, the only bedding provided was a winter one, extremely thick and warm, terrible for hot summer nights. The kitchen was fine, even though some of the essentials like sugar and oil were missing. The bathroom was ok, but the ventilation inside it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in years. The toilet needs to be flushed two times if you want it to properly wash out.
Tatiana didn’t check in on us in the entire week we where there, and prior to our leaving she was passive-aggressive. This experience was not what we are used to on Airbnb and we hope not to repeat it again.