TLDR: If you have allergies of any kind DO NOT stay here. It is filled with mold and super musty. I got sick and actually left my reservation early. I have been sick for days from it. I should have never stayed here. I know people want to make a buck, but I don’t feel like it should even be rented.
I know it may seem like a good deal.
But my recommendation is to avoid.
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Ok, here is the full version. I was not only super disappointed from my stay here, but I got super sick from it.
So is the breakdown so you can make your own decision:
Pros:
The Bed is comfy
It is in a great section of Polanco. Walking distance to great stuff
Cons:
It is a basement apartment basically in front of/under a garage. So not only are all the windows on that side of the apartment off limits for fresh air, but you can get car soot and exhaust coming in. Gross and it makes for a place that is constantly dirty and covered in a black film.
I was also pretty surprised that during Covid times that the place was not generally cleaned better. I was told they worked extra hard to have it ready for me the day someone left. But it’s a small place…what the heck were they doing (the photos make it look much bigger than it is)
B/c it is a basement apartment it is humid, musty, smells and is filled with mold. You can see it on the shade in the bedroom (which was of course up when he was checking me in). The mold is visible all over it. And if anyone has ever lived with a bad mold situation before, you know that once you see it like that it. It is actually much worst.
I am allergic to it and got incredibly sick. I wound up leaving the reservation a day early and was still sick a week later. At first I thought “oh it’s not that bad” but over progressive days it just got worst.
The only sunlight is onto this weird middle area that you can open the window onto. But it is so close to for comfort to the other apartment
That neighbor, who it seems helps run the building with her husband (not totally clear on this) gave me stank eye several times b/c the front metal door closed without me being able to hold it nicely shut	since my hands were full. It was not pleasant having them quite so on top of me and watching like that.
My experience with the host:
I don’t really think this place should be rented. The lady who gave the review where the guy referred to her as a prima donna was right. I figured she was just creating a stink. I should have listened to that review and the other one about the mold and the smell. Despite the location, this place is just not fit for rental. I believe the guy tries hard and is trying to make the best with what he has. It’s just dangerous to be exposed to mold like that. I even had a nice roach visiter on my last day there.
After leaving he tried to charge me extra for some hair from my dog.
But the host wasn’t actually there and was going off what the cleaning person said. The same one who didn’t really clean very well the last time.
I contested the charge and did not have to pay b/c it was nonsense.
Up until now (and I have a lot fo reviews) I have never had a single issue about myself or my dog. He is a Mexican Hairless, he barely sheds and doesn’t have fur and dander like a normal dog.
Most people remark they can’t believe a dog was even there, there is no evidence of it. And I often get reviews that I left the place cleaner than anyone ever has.
But as soon as I left early, he knew something was wrong. When I asked where to leave the keys. At first he didn’t even answer. Just wanting to know if there was something wrong.
So naturally he was looking for an issue when I left, b/c he knew a bad review was coming.
I don’t usually leave bad reviews. I don’t like to do it. This may be the first I’ve actually written out and not just given low stars.
But b/c of the health considerations I had to say something.