I feel that it is necessary to share the experience I had at this Airbnb as I would have liked to known these details before booking this place.
1. I mistook the picture shown of the listing with the entryway and chairs to be the living space of the Airbnb. However, it is the common era shared by all the other residents of the building that has to be walked through to get outside. Behind the white slidable door on the left in that same picture is another room/living space for others, showing how thin the walls are and just how closely placed each room is to the other.
Additionally, when someone in the rooms next to mine turned on the water (presumably in the bathroom), I heard it, loud and clear!
2. After walking through the common era, I quickly learned that this small complex was for multiple residents as there is a hallway with multiple rooms. When I entered my room, the first thing I saw was the kitchen as pictured (a few feet in front of the door). To the right (also very close to the door), was a small bathroom as pictured. To the left was a small table with two chairs (also very close to the door). And to the left of that, are the beds. Everything in this room is very close together, which is not what I interpreted the pictures of the listing to be.
3. To the left most wall upon walking into the place is a window, which had curtains drawn over it. I went over there to open the curtains and was met with loads of junk and forgotten trash behind it. I am not sure if there are people living behind this apartment complex and if what I saw was their “backyard,” but that is what is behind the window.
4. The beds were decent. The mattresses were thin, but comfortable. The only downside of the beds was when I went on top of it to inspect the air conditioner, the bed came forward on me like a seesaw.
5. The air conditioner was the best part of the Airbnb. It was just difficult to use and possibly had a bad smell coming from it.
6. The kitchen had a mini refrigerator, no freezer.
7. The smell of the room was suffocating. It smelled as though someone had been smoking in there for the past 5 years. I decided to go outside and explore the area for the majority of the day because I could not stand being inside there longer than I had to.
8. A woman (who was not the host) unlocked the door to our room unannounced and would have came inside had I not met her at the door and made my presence known. There was no knocking prior to her entrance. I heard her knocking on and unlocking other rooms in the hallway (presumably empty), before coming to my room. I just did not expect her to do the same to mine.
Luckily, we had only booked the room for one night. Otherwise, I would not have been able to stay any longer.
Another thing to note: I had been coming from a different Airbnb, which was less expensive per night than this one.
Let me put it simply: coming from the other Airbnb to this one was a major downgrade as the two were worlds apart in quality.