I rented the entire apartment from Ole for 4-5 months. During this time my fiancee visited for about 14 days. When Ole found out she was in the flat (I did not know, I had to inform hosts even for short stays), I apologized for my mistake and offered to pay for the extra nights and costs (which, by now I found out, is the normal way to handle this on airbnb). Ole did not accept this, and immediately threatened to remove me from the flat via the police. After trying to clarify once more, he threatened me with a lawsuit, the police and demanded that I pay him for the extra person for the entire remaining period (this would have been 22.000dkk or 3500€). He gave me a deadline of 14 minutes to decide or again threatened me with a lawsuit, the police and that I must be convicted of fraud. This is against airbnb rules, since hosts cannot demand payment for services they did not render and he made those demands outside the platform.
The flat is as advertised, reasonably cleaned and outfitted. However, Ole will threaten and pressure you into paying him for things that are not allowed based on Airbnb rules. So, if you want some adivce when staying in his apartments:
- take pictures of the apartment when you arrive and when you leave
- make sure every single item in the inventory is in the apartment
- only communicate with him via the platform
- as soon as something seems off, inform airbnb
I fully understand now, that I should have informed Ole before my financee arrived. I apologize for the honest mistake. However, the immediate threat of a lawsuit and the police (within 90 minutes) and the general aggressiveness I cannot recommend staying at Oles place.