You can find beautiful Airbnbs in Mexico City. This was not one of them and was expensive for what it was.
Let me start off by saying that I’ve lived in afghanistan, spent time covering the war in iraq, and have lived and worked in places that were not squeaky clean. So this isn’t a complaint from a previous flower who expects to have a butler.
BUT i believe you should get what you pay for. And this was expensive for what it was. If you’re going to charge me $5,000 for the month, provide more than a roll and a half of toilet paper and fix all of these problems:
1) clean the house properly so your guests (in this case, me) do not find a medical syringe in the couch on the second day of their stay. When I notified them, they sent the cleaner, which was nice of them. But still...
2) fix the electrical sockets coming off the walls, making this a terrible place for kids
3) fix the windows that don’t shut because they are warped and don’t fit into their frames. I bought mosquito repellent as I was being bitten all night
4) get better wifi. The wifi was very weak in the afternoon and this was my “work from home” temporary housing
5) invest in a more usable kitchen, with better pots and pans, an oven that works and a stovetop that goes higher than a strong simmer.
6) invest in more sturdy electrical wiring — when you turned on the electric kettle or opened the fridge, the lights would flicker off. At first this was funny but after a month it got on my damn nerves
If you’re coming to Mexico to go to all the bars and party with friends, this is a great location.
If — like me — you’re moving with your family and living in this airbnb while waiting for your house to get set up, this is not a comfortable temporary home. I saw what my colleagues got for similar prices and was very disappointed. The ONLY saving grace was that my family decided to follow me to Mexico much later than we originally planned, so I ended up staying alone in the airbnb. If we had all been staying there together, I would have tried to get out of the contract.