Prior to our arrival, we contacted the host several times and everything seemed okay. However, when we opened the front door, there was a strong, sickening bug spray scent and ammonia. Nothing was clean, refrigerator shelves contained spoiled food from previous tenants, garbage was throughout the home, beds were not clean. We did not know if someone was still living there or not.
We placed a call to our host and after a while, he called us back to apologize and informed us that there had been an error made by the cleaning crew and they would be there to finish the job. Two and a half hours later, we were able to access our rental. The air still smelled of strong chemicals- we were told it was from a cleaning product used to fight against COVID.
That night we learned that the apartment was infested with cockroaches. They crawled out of the drains in the shower and the holes in the walls throughout the apartment. Some of them were already dead. We now believe that the horrible smell was due to the chemicals used in fumigation.
Staying at this residence is definitely uninhabitable until the issue of the cockroaches has been resolved.