Tldr; SCAM. DO NOT STAY HERE! STAY ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE (We paid over £1000 and still had to).
No reviews when we booked, strange, but ok fine.
My girlfriend and I arrived at 5pm, no one to check us in which was fine too. We got dressed and had a great night out. 8am the next morning is when the problems started.
We woke up and the flat was shaking. It literally sounded like someone had started an angle grinder and placed it up against the wall.
Barely dressed I got out of the house to see what the hell was happening. A crew of about 3 builders next door were renovating 2 floors. I spoke to them and they said that they had been renovating for over 2 months and had works planned for the whole year.
I can't stress the noise enough. We couldn't hear each other shout, let alone talk. The lights were flickering. And it had woken us up in the worst way possible.
I decided enough was enough. We needed to get the hell out of there, and we needed a refund.
I called the host (who I now know to be a scam artist) and explained we were leaving and we wanted a refund. His response can only be described as ridiculous. He told me 3 things :
1. That I should have left the house by 8am anyway, maybe we shouldn't be out at night (are you kidding me?!)
2. That he would not be giving me a refund
3. That he had no idea that there were any building works taking place (which the builders laughed at. Its an obvious lie).
And to top it off he told me he was going to be turning off his phone as he's going on holiday, so not to try to contact him again.
The rest of the holiday was spent begging airbnb to give us our refund. We'd paid £1000 for 3 nights and had left. Airbnb explained that they had to contact the owner first. I explained he'd turned off his phone and would not reply.
This back and forth has been going on since we got there... 100 messages between airbnb and myself and over a week since we left. Since the host won't reply to airbnb (they've already paid him), it's going to take weeks more to get my money back, if we get back anything at all. This guy knows exactly what airbnb's process is (they need him to approve it) and has found a way to exploit it by simply not replying to anyone.
In the end we luckily were able to stay with a friend of a friend's sofa and got the hell out of dodge.
Even if you're reading this a full year from when it's posted and the host promises the building works have stopped, don't believe him. He's out to make a quick buck and couldn't give a damn about you, once he gets paid, he's going to dissapear.
Host, if you're reading this you stole £1000 from me. You're a thief and a scam artist. My only regret is that I can't physically tell everyone to stay away from you and your properties.
I'm sure you're going to try and take down this listing after this review and put a new one up (the fact there weren't any reviews when we booked hints at this). But know I'll report the listing if I see the same one up again. You're a scam artist and you should be ashamed.