This Airbnb is not as advertised in the photos and description. We were supposed to stay here for 10 days; a few days in, we decided we could not stay here any longer. (We are not especially picky travelers, and have never left a stay mid-way before.) Fortunately, Nashe was accommodating and agreed to refund us for the nights we did not stay there.
Here are the issues we had with the apartment:
- Only one window in the whole apartment opens. All the other windows have signs on them saying "DO NOT OPEN" or are taped shut with packing tape. Several of them appear to be fully rotted out.
- There's no hot water in either of the sinks, and there is limited hot water in the shower.
- The sound of the downstairs neighbors is a constant at night. Basically, their yard is the airshaft, so all noise travels.
- We were there in December, and it was very dark and cold, especially since no windows open and there's no heat.
- The apartment has what could be a lovely sunroof, but access to it is up a set of rickety, very steep, uneven stairs. On the roof, there is a plastic table and chairs, but there's also scrap metal left around it. There's no railing or wall for much of the roof, so it wouldn't be appropriate for children.
- The leather sofa and chairs in the living room are all covered with blankets, because the upholstery is so badly worn underneath.
- The front door is full of graffiti without any light to see your keys at night, and the doorknob was very loose. When we arrived in the evening, our taxi driver asked us if we were sure we had the right address, because it looked like an abandoned building.