Worst experience I’ve had in my life. After a long day from traveling from Thessaloniki and some business I had in Athens, I went to the room to get some rest at 23:30. After talking with the host and giving me the password to the lock to a safe located somewhere outside of the entrance, I took the key with control button to open the garage door. I was asked by the instructions to leave the key again with the knob inside the locker and go get the key outside of the apartment. At that point I started texting the host about the instructions given because I was a bit skeptical. He never replied, so I took the key and the knob with me just in case. I got in the building which the hallway was without any lights. I went to take the elevator but the condition was so bad, that I took the stares just to be safe. In the instructions there wasn’t any info about the floor or the apartment. Anyway, I started going up and I realized that there was no lights whatsoever (only in the first floor which went out in a matter of seconds) so I opened my flashlight from my phone. The building was very dirty, garbage bags where on the floor, and the whole place was abandoned, with shop display dolls laying around. I thought I was part of a horror movie. After going in the 6th floor I found the room but the password given by the host was incorrect. I tried the other apartment also but with no luck. I was trying to reach the owner but nothing. He wasn’t answering the phone. Luckily, I got the key and the knob with me and I was able to get out of the building, because if I had follow the instructions of the host I would be stuck inside the building because there was no button or switch to open the exit garage door which closes automatically after it opens. The time was 01:30 and I went on foot to find another hotel nearby to spend the night. I couldn’t sleep until 4am from my experience and got up again at 7am due to business schedule. The answers from the host was: “I thought you got in, so I was relaxed” “the other info where on my page you should have seen it it’s not my business if you didn’t see it” and “I’m not obligated to answer the phone when you call me”. I didn’t call him once for him to take it as a bother, I called him about 30 times. Something was wrong. If I wanted to play treasure games at 00:00, I would have gone to escape rooms and have fun. Just put all the information in one text, don’t make it difficult for others. People have too much in mind to try to play riddles late at night on how to get in their room. I asked for a full refund and he told me that he will send me the amount minus the fees from Airbnb which was unacceptable and I demanded the full amount. He told me that I should cancel etc and threatened me that if I don’t cancel (because I wanted to choose “refund”) he couldn’t do anything and leave it as is. He sent me another 4€ and told me that “that was it. I already sent too much”. I asked today what happened with the due amount (which he promised that he will fully return) and he told me that I wasn’t capable to understand (implying that I have a problem with my intelligence) and that he returned me more (4€) than he got from me. I replied that it’s not my problem. Everything from the building-the whole adventure is on camera and the conversation is print screened for anyone to see.
The host is inpolite with an attitude so beware. Worst experience ever. Greek philoxenia at its best.