Stayed at Alexandros Apartments from July 1 until August 14. Over a month short of what we booked...... This group of 3 apartments is located above the owners. At the beginning Sophia was very nice but extremely little English. By the end, she was a nightmare as well as her family. We got kicked out on August 14 because we got a puppy....We were threatened physical removal of us and our property from these violent and mental cases. Georgios is schizophrenic 100% telling us one day he loved us and the next day ambushing us on the road from a walk telling us he wants us out TOMORROW. This matter I have not taken lightly and I will make sure that this will not happen to anyone else. These people are THIEVES AND STOLE OUR MONEY with no care of AirBnB quality control!!!
THE INSIDE
The unit was ABSOLUTELY FILTHY upon walking in. Food crud on every single surface of the kitchen. The fridge was disgusting. There were even splashes of God knows what even on the door frames.
Staying at an AirBnB you don't want to stay in someone's house. Well I don't anyway. So I don't need your dirty junk packed into every cabinet and drawer that you don't feel like storing in your own house! There were filthy old appliances that have never been cleaned and dirty dishes crammed into every cabinet in the kitchen. Not once have inside these areas been cleaned....Well until now. To live here for almost 3 months I had to clean the nitty and the gritty as best as I could, so thank ME for your next stay! I actually deserve a commission!!
Even the drapes from 1950's had hundreds of very small black dead and alive bugs inside. Really nasty.
I took all of this GARBAGE out of the place and gave it to her on a few different occasions and she was LIVID. I tried explaining that we are staying for almost 3 months and I can't live with all of this inside as we need room for food etc. She was shouting and it was very uncomfortable.
COMFORT
There is nothing comfortable in this apartment. Every single chair is TERRIBLE. Outdoor chairs are cheap and broken plastic. Indoor chairs are a wicker base which feel horrible to sit on. Bed is the hardest thing I've ever seen, I can't even believe they make these!! I think the people in jail have a softer mattress to sleep on to be honest. Not to mention they're 2 SINGLE beds that we had to slide together to make one. Crazy.
Oh, by the way, bring your own sheets because Sofia doesn't like to do laundry and when we got there there were a couple skidmarks and sand on one side. I actually witnessed her "cleaning" the room next door and simply hanging the top comforter over the balcony to clean?! Sickening.
THE NOISE:
THE DOGS
From DAY 1 there was a dog that CONSTANTLY BARKS. I mean even at a fly. And loud. All night. I complained second day luckily and she pawned it off to a family member in a house far away. It helped but there are MANY outdoor dogs having conversations randomly with each other at different times of the day/night.
THE ROOSTER 🐓
There is a rooster (alarm clock) on this property that will, without fail, wake you up at 5am and continue making noise all morning. I mean, it's LOUD AND DOESN'T STOP. I feel it's possessed because I've never experienced a rooster that doesn't shut up like this one. I mean ALL MORNING so forget sleep.....Even with the best earplugs on the market and the door closed we can still hear it. IT'S THE WORST THING EVER!!! I can still hear it writing this. Absolutely no sleep after 5am. Horrible!!!!!!
The owner himself is EXTREMELY loud. Morning shouting to speak, afternoon shouting with neighbors, evening talking and laughing with wife. When family members are over it's even worse!! A gathering of them results in the most noise worse than a resort. They really have no consideration that there are PAYING GUESTS above.....
The owner seperate occasions has taken out the very loud trimmer at 7am to do hours of yardwork....
THE CHILDREN
Neighborhood children are EXTREMELY LOUD. You can't blame them as in the country they haven't been raised to understand the value of silence. Here in this place you will here them enjoyinging their lives, on your dollar.
THE GUESTS
Next door the other occupants are always noisy. The landlord's seem to not care. Nobody says anything about noise here. It's.... unbearable....day or night ..
THE INSECTS
CICADAS
Not for the squeamish, there are cicadas here that are half the size of your hand and look like frogs with wings. Occasionally they will bounce off a wall and get stunned or stick to the wall and chill out, next to your head.
WASPS
There are also giant hornets that are blood red and yellow that look like killers.
RED ANTS
There are 2 nests on the balcony. The ants work in a colony to disintegrate and disassemble dead insects on the balcony. Problem is, in the evening, you don't know if they're biting you....
FLIES
Because of the complete covering of sheep poop on the roads, there is obviously a calling of flies. These will be harrassing you on the balcony as you try to enjoy the views. Lovely.
SPIDERS
Found a giant spider in the corner next to the sofa. Looked under the sofa and there were dozen of eggs. Killed the spider and removed the eggs. You're welcome.
THE VIEWS
So this is the only good thing about this place. They are INCREDIBLE!!!!! Mind-blowing actually. From luscious olive trees to almond trees, to mountains.
"RAISIN ROAD"
There is a road leading to the most majestic sight I have ever seen. Unfortunately it is covered in sheep poop. This BnB is on the country