We saw the listing and were like ‘wow’ it should be nice the price is fair even its not central and booked. the communication was good. We got an email from Filip with some instructions to the house and already were a bit suspicious as they mentioned a limited amount of energy per day, no to throw no toilet paper into the toilet and that there is an other house on the property - never the less we were excited and thought to give it a try. We arrived late in Catania and drove to the location - as it was dark we were not able to follow the instructions so Filip picked us up from the street as the house as no address and google can’t find it.
We were tired and hungry from the travel and Filip guided us to a small pizza place in the next village.
Later when we came back the awaking began. Everything was dirty, dusty and stains all over all sheets and beds. The bath rooms were full of lime and obviously no cleaned the house was basically in an inappropriate condition considering the price they ask.
We wrote Filip and told him that this is not working and that we would like to meet him the next day and he should bring a cleaning person to clean the entire house! We met him in the afternoon and had to convince him that its dirty - I even showed him the poop in the toilet from someone and all the dust and spider nets etc. Than they provided the next day cleaning a lady which basically cleaned only two rooms. As we were “only two people and don’t need more room” which was in my eyes completely inappropriate as we rented an “entire house” on airbnb.
The glasses and plates were dirty the sheets smell everything is used and old even though the house is not finished yet and still under construction. Also the guest from the other house were driving through the property and you were able to hear them at night.
An other downside was that we were not able to sleep as there is no possibility to blackout the sleeping room or any room.
We were asked to throw the toilet paper into a bin and once a day someone would come to burn it. So basically also no privacy even though the property is in the middle of no where.
After 3 days we decided to cancel as it was not acceptable we did not feel comfortable.
Upside of the house was clearly the view and also the design, It would have a lot of potential to become a top property.