The apartment was absolutely not at all as we expected it to be and how it looks on the pictures. It was maintained and cleaned so poorly that a lot of the necessary features were unusable. The apartment needs a lot of cleaning and some maintenance, before accommodating any guests. At first it looked fine, despite the fact that the key needed a "special jiggle" for the door to lock and unlock. This problem was however figured out with the help of host’s brother. It took a lot of calling the host and waiting for the help time though that no one would like to spend on while on holidays. We kept noticing these problems, one after another during our short stay. One of the reasons that we prefer AirBnb among other things is the possibility to cook yourself. We asked about the kitchen facilities from the host directly beforehand, but we definitely couldn´t use the kitchen facilities as described. Here´s a list of some of the problems:
- the kitchen light was not working
- the dishwasher had no liquids or washingtablets/powder to operate it with. In fact it looked like it had not been used in a while, except for drying the handwashed dishes
- the kitchen rag was disgustingly dirty and the dishwashing brush was dirty, ancient, and braking up
- the frying pan was so old that it was a health hazard with teflon peeling from the surface
- all the cooking ware needed to be thoroughly washed, before any of it could be used
- forks, spoons and knifes were stored under the stove on floor level, they were very dusty and dirty as well as the few plates and glasses provided.
We couldn´t use the bathroom facilities for much else except for toilet and face wash.
The toiletseat was disgusting, dirty and needed to be cleaned, before using. There was half a roll of toilet paper provided.
The showerhead holder broken off from the rod and the shower needed to be handheld for using.
The shower was very dirty from floor to the top. Old hairy lady shaver hung on the drying-pad next to the shower, hair and some litter on the floor, stains and unwashed surface all around.
It was very unpleasant experience and really felt like the host had not prepared the apartment at all for hosting including not cleaning it, before accommodating.
I would not recommend staying with this host at all.