Whilst we enjoyed our stay over all and the apartment for the most part appeared as advertised we were unprepared for the awful state of cleanliness and lack of protection from mosquitos. Upon arrival our host had one of us follow him to an ATM to give him the city tax for our stay which disrupted us from settling in properly.
Whilst out on our first day somebody entered the apartment without us knowing to repair the toilet flush, this was rather unsettling given that all of our belongings were out in the open and we were unsure if anybody else would casually enter unannounced, this was made worse by the doorbell ringing every morning, sometimes for a few minutes before stopping.
The apartment was hot, sticky and smelly with no fans, air conditioning to freshen up the place. Upon arriving the host told us to keep the windows shut to stop mosquitos from entering at night. Most of the nets on the windows would not stay down or were damaged. Not to mention the number of mosquitos already present in the property that proceeded to bite us countless times throughout our stay. Both of us got ill from infected bites before finally killing the blood filled bugs.
The floors were not swept, everywhere we walked dust, hair, debris and whatever else clung to our feet. The carpet and chairs stunk of wet dog, a smell that we count not get rid of thus we avoided that entire part of the apartment if we could help it. The shower was covered in soap from the previous occupant and was obviously not cleaned. The bed was covered in hair that was not ours.
The ad claimed that there was luggage drop off however we were told on arrival that we had to pay to store our luggage at an Irish pub.