My experience with this apartment was a total disappointment.
I was completely open and I announced the host we will be 3 people in his 2 bedroom apartment and told him I can’t add another person to the guest section on the site due to his settings (I wasn’t able to increase the guest number from the beginning of my reservation although I tried).
The host told me he will go on the site and increase the guest number in order for me to pay 10 extra euros per day for the third guest.
He didn’t do it and chose to ask for extra cash during the check-in or else he will lock the second bedroom with a key and will not allow us to use it. He wasn’t supposed to offer me any receipt for the extra 10 euros/day.
When I told him I need a receipt for that amount of money as well and I am not going to pay cash with no proof, he magically found a way via an adjustment receipt.
The biggest issues of this apartment were by far cleaning and hazards:
- Dirty dishes and cutlery.
- Dirty heaters in the bedroom and bathroom.
- Dirty kitchen drawer - where the cutlery is it was full of crumbs and dust and sticky stains.
- Dirty light switchers.
- Dirt, dishes and cutlery on the floor under the kitchen sink along with dishes that we were supposed to eat in.
- Rust and dirt stains on the vessels dispenser (a white tray where the dishes were supposed to dry after the washing was a disaster).
- The entire house was a hazard. There was a notice next to the kitchen socket saying not to plug in the washing machine due to circuit hazard (when I asked the host about that he said we weren’t supposed to use the washing machine anyway because it’s not in the apartment description). In one of the bathrooms there were wires improvised and stuck on the hot water boiler. The host insisted to turn off the boiler every time we use the water.
- This apartment works as a dental office, there is even a name on the entrance door, that’s why some of the rooms were locked. But, imagine my surprise when I discovered a dental machine in the kitchen cabinet.
- Balcony was incredibly dirty, the tent was broken and not safe, windows were so old that were not able to lock out any of the crowded street’s noises so there was no resting for us.
I wasn’t expecting nor looking for luxurious spaces not even new ones (I sow the pictures), but I was hoping for clean surfaces and a safe living space.