NOT RECOMMENDED.
There are a list of reasons I would not recommend this apartment to anyone. I booked Marcus’ apartment for a period of 1 year as a visiting professor and researcher at LMU. However, my experience was quite terrible.
1) booking through airbnb was a NIGHTMARE! they misused my credit card that had to be stored for automatic deduction on a monthly basis and then refused to acknowledge that for weeks until I had to try hard to to find the contact details of the CEO (!!) in the United States. Finally, it took them one month to refund 1138 Euros. When I texted Marcus about it, he never bothered to reply. I cannot believe how irresponsible he was!
That brings me to my next point.
2)communication with Marcus is a task in itself. It was quite hard to contact him as he rarely takes calls and takes days to reply to the message - that is if you’re lucky to receive any reply in the first place!
3) After refunding my amount, barely a month later, airbnb tried to misuse my card again by claiming that the rent wasn’t paid (when it was and a receipt was issued). The matter was sorted again after writing to the CEO and publicly shaming them on Twitter.
When I contacted Marcus, his phone was off for hours and then he finally replied to my text saying that I must contact him after 14 days as he was away! Too disappointing indeed.
PLUS, when I told him my intention of cancelling the booking since the booking was too stressful to handle (6 months were remaining now) he said, and I quote, “I will not allow this” even though airbnb clearly mentioned that I could cancel anytime and it would be effective immediately. I did not like his attitude at all - too arrogant and I never understood how he landed up in the hospitality business! He insisted that this was an issue with my bank (when even airbnb said it was not and claimed that it was a technical error on their end). I’ve lived in too many countries in too many Airbnbs- and he was truly an experience I would not like to have again. Which is why, when the organisation that funded my stay asked me if I would like to recommend his apartment, it was a firm “No!”
4) contrary to the listing, there was no iron in the apartment. I noticed it the same night as I checked in and contacted Marcus. Who took ages to reply and then firmly refused to come and give it to the apartment. INSTEAD, he asked me to go to his office if I wanted it - which was quite inconvenient for me. There was also no ironing board. Contrary to the listing, there was also no designated workspace.
5) the apartment was very dirty when I checked it. However, since I was too tired (with travelling), I did not notice it so well until after Marcus left. Plus, the bathroom/shower drain had not been cleaned (and it was not visible as it was covered) and it was full of hair from the previous tenant. As a result, the shower flooded miserably as the drain was clogged. Contrary to the listing, there was no special “COVID CLEANING”!!
6)the funniest of all was that Marcus provided only 2 toilet rolls for one year and only one bed sheet ( no spare one). So if one got dirty and didn’t dry on time, I had nothing!
All in all, would not recommend to anyone as the experience was beyond stressful and not something I would like to experience again. The bed is also not so comfortable. All the other studios in the building had a nice queen sized bed in them. Wonder why Marcus decided to have this one inside.