Before finalising the booking for Nick's place, we were pleased to see that he had mentioned clearly that the check in and check out timings would be flexible. We informed him at the time of the booking via a written message of the time we would want to check in and that since our flight on the day of the check out would be at night, we would check out at whatever time suits him but would leave our luggage at his apartment till it would be time to leave (just like one can do even at any hotel). We were impressed with his room because it was nice and clean. We were also impressed with his offer to pick us up from the metro station when we arrived. The place is centrally located in a peaceful neighbourhood.
We arrived at his place at 11:30 am. Despite having informed him before hand of our timings, he asked us to wait for the previous guests to check out first and made us wait till he cleaned the room for us to check in finally by about 2pm. But we did not complain at all and I even asked him if he needed any help !
On the day of the check out, he asked us to vacate the room by 11am and was rather curt! Upon reminding him of the message we had sent him he replied saying he has too many guests and is not possible to keep track of what everyone is doing. He said we could still leave the luggage at his place till we would leave later in the evening or could wait at the apartment too .
We left our luggage at his place and went out to make it back just in time to call a cab to the airport. We were however extremely disappointed with his behaviour when upon asking him which washroom we could use just before leaving his house, he categorically said that we could not use any washroom ! He said he was in a hurry to go out and that if we had to call a cab we should do it from the street rather than from his apartment. He did not even offer to help us with out luggage until we asked him to. Nick is a very ill mannered, unfriendly and rude man who has no regard for his guests after he has made money from them.
We have stayed at several air bnbs but never faced an experience as humiliating as this before.
Nick would not approve of this brutally honest review, but this is to help him to deal with his customers better.