I typed this review a night before checkout because I wanted to make sure I presented my situation properly.
If you’re an Indian or a citizen other than US or European country, DO NOT stay here. The way this host behaved with me was unacceptable and improper.
First of all, at the time of checkin, I can understand there was a miscommunication and I entered one of the buildings before he came downstairs because he didn’t tell me to wait or do anything and only opened the main gate. As per my experience with other Airbnb hosts, when they open the gate or main door, you just head towards the place. This guy who does not speak any English didn’t put it in the instructions and was angry at me. I said sorry at 5-6 times including to his wife.
When I entered his place, he showed me the keys and also asked me my passport, this was the first time I was asked for my passport at any Airbnb place. I know Hotels do but after using Airbnb for over 5-6 countries (Canada, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, USA, Germany), this was my first experience somebody asking me for my passport (and I was still okay). When I handed over it to him, he said this is not USA (in his broken English), which means he was assuming I was a US citizen. I told him I am an Indian citizen and not American, so he opened my passport and said why there is San Francisco written? I said the San Francisco is written because my Indian passport was issued at Indian Consulate/embassy in San Francisco. Then he took it to their living room and was speaking something to his wife that he is Indian and blah blah blah (Could understand a little Italian because of some words).
Now, today (May 31st, 2022) when I returned from fullday exploration (which was not good because of his behavior), I thought it must be me who was wrong and I was blaming myself thw whole day. BUT, when I entered the apartment at around 11.30pm when he was watching TV, he had an angry look towards me and asked me to checkout at 9 am instead of 10 am. I said I’ll be able to do at 9.30 but he said “okay 9 fine” which means he was forcing me to say yes to 9 am.
(It wasn’t about me reaching at 11.30pm because he made it clear on the day of checkin that it’s okay to be late since the travelers/tourists explore the whole city - And, he impressed me with his attitude at first but then I was wrong)
Conclusion: Thankfully I wasn’t staying at his place for more than 2 nights, it was already a horrible experience. I chose his place based on the reviews but I shouldn’t have trusted any of it because I am a Indian citizen.
So, my sincere requests to people living in the US who are not US citizen, please DO NOT stay at his place or you will be treated the same way. I read all the past reviews and blamed myself for overthinking but he behaved the same way on the second day and that’s why I decided to write the review on the night before checkout in order speak the truth. If he did all this drama due to the miscommunication, then I have no words for who he is for what he is showing off as an artist or culture reader. Because of him, I couldn’t properly enjoy my sightseeing in Milan as I kept thinking about his treatment towards me. I shouldn’t have selected his place for my space. My first ever visit to Italy is waste and this person is solely responsible for the whole thing. What a disappointment.
(The only person who was good to me was his wife but didn’t get to interact with her because of him)
Lastly, after this review I know there will be some reasoning or excuses but the way I felt at his location was not supposed to happen. Even if there is some form of miscommunication, the facial expressions never lie. I have traveled to all types of places (over 12 countries including US, Canada, Mexico, Thailand) with no English sometimes and never felt in such way.
Regarding his location:
Good place for one person as the bed is small, bathroom is good with all the things you need.
You won’t be able to use kitchen because they use it and when I wanted to heat some water, I decided not to after looking at it.
When you walk from Milan Central (11-13 minutes walk) to his place, be careful with your things as a lot of people with no good intentions are roaming. His location is at a minute from Tram so you will have to change different modes.
A big NO if you’re dependent on Internet (for work or other reasons) since he has a mobile hotspot with speed less than 10 mbps).