I chose this place for being close to the centre of Ericeira, for being pet-friendly and especially for having a terrace with sea view.
I was extremely disappointed when I first arrived there with my family and my cat. The living room is very small, having an old, small, damaged and dirty sofa. The terrace was very dirty with some outdoor furniture that was burned by the sun and with lots of birds excrements (different from the one in the pictures). There were clean bed sheets, but the place wasn’t clean overall. The fridge was absolutely dirty.
Unfortunately, I hadn’t read the house rules and I didn’t know I need to pay 15€/night for bringing a pet.
After checkout, I received a request of payment from the host of 540€. She told me the amount is needed for having a pet in the house (75€ for 5 nights), and the rest for a brand new sofa because my pet would have damaged the sofa. I kindly apologised for not paying for the cat, as I didn’t read the full house rules and I payed 75€, but I also explained that my cat didn’t destroy the sofa and it was already scratched by a dog maybe, as a cat cannot make those big scratches. Currently, I am fighting through Airbnb not to pay for a brand new sofa for the host to replace an old, dirty and very scratched sofa.
Moreover, the host told me that they actually don’t accept pets and if I would have requested to bring a cat from the beginning, they wouldn’t have accepted it. This is also very strange, taking in account that the property is listed on Airbnb as pet friendly. I have been travelling with my cat for years and stayed in many Airbnbs around Europe and never had any troubles like this.