This Airbnb is a NO for long stays, 1 or 2 days maximum. We have been traveling for 1.5 years and we always use furnished apartments, this is without a doubt the dirtiest we have ever experienced.
This review is totally honest because we don´t want people to experience what we did. If you compared with other reviews, many of the things we said here have been already mentioned. But as of January 2022, they haven´t been fixed.
(CONS) We had to clean the entire apartment the day we moved in. Grease on the burners and the kitchen walls, old food in the fridge and cabinets, dust on the tables, mildew on the shower tiles and mildew on the shower curtain, dirty walls, and doors. It seems understandable that when it's an old apartment, things get stained; but NO, with just a little bleach and soap we cleaned most things (except for the shower curtain and other corners around the apartment)
It was our mistake not to request a refund immediately because we thought it was just a matter of cleaning it, but we did not know that the problems and discomfort would continue.
There are pigeons on the roof and the windows, noisy and dirty. The walls of the windows outside the apartment are all covered with pigeon poop. The reason is the neighbors feed them so they will never leave. I don´t know if they are not aware of them transmitting diseases. It really isn't very pleasant to wake up to the noise they make and have to put up with it for the rest of the morning if you work from home. The host said it was not their fault, and yes, we know that, but we had to pay as it was our problem.
The apartment is not safe, one of the light switches shocked my fiancé, and the gas stove turns off by itself and when you least expect (caused by a draft created when opening the cabinet doors), the whole apartment smells like gas. The host says it's because the window is open, but it's FALSE. It happens 50% of the time and it has nothing to do with the window.
The apartment has no view, if you look out the window you only see walls. Yes, the walls with pigeon poop.
The kitchen does not have enough cooking utensils or coffee maker (this was in the description, but still), no space where you can cook.
The shower has no pressure and the hot water doesn't work every time. The host says it's not his fault that he's on the fifth floor, but it's not the guest's fault either.
The bed is hard and the pillows are not comfortable.
Plus, on the second day of arrival, a pipe broke under the kitchen sink. They blamed us.
Although the host responded to our calls, the solution to the major request, which was to leave, was not accepted. According to her, the place was good and clean for the price we paid. In other words, don´t you want to pay more compared to the rest of the city, you get a nonfunctional and dirty apartment.
We had a very bitter month.
(Pros): Dish soap, shampoo, and garbage bags were helpful. Water and a welcome candy bar were nice. The internet always worked, which is not a plus in Mexico City. The neighborhood is interesting, not the best in Mexico. Shopping is very close by for groceries, as is the World Trade Center where you can find a lot of restaurants.