The good:
- Host took the time to tour us around the condo, showing us where everything is and how things work
- Location is good. Lots of good restaurants and bars nearby.
The bad:
Where do I even begin?
- Listing says 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. However, one of the bedrooms is “locked for renovation” and another one is actually an office space without any kind of sleeping arrangements. The photos are misleading as they don’t make it immediately obvious that there is no bed or sofa, which leaves the guest to falsely assume that there is a bed.
- The mattress in the only functional bedroom is DISGUSTING. My husband and I slept on it for a whole week before changing the sheets, which uncovered a large ungodly stain and several small stains. I started getting pimples on my face since day two and couldn’t figure out why until we saw the condition of the mattress. Absolutely filthy. Additionally, the right side of the bed has a large dip and is quite uncomfortable to sleep on.
- The bath towels were obviously old. Host said they were freshly washed but we found brown stains on both of them, and one of them was ripped. It was absolutely disgusting! We washed the towels and the stains went away. This means the host either lied about having washed them, or he simply doesn’t know how to wash towels.
- The host left used bars of soap with probably 1-2 days left in them in all 3 bathrooms. Of course, we avoided them at all cost.
- The toilet in one of the bathrooms does not flush.
- The floors, although appearing to be clean, we’re in fact filthy. You couldn’t take three steps in that condo without the soles of your feet becoming black from the dust and dirt.
- Listing says there is air conditioning in the condo. Which is misleading because only the bedroom had an air conditioner. Your only option to cool the rest of the condo is to open windows and let in mosquitoes.
- Listing said that the condo had a skyline view. This is misleading because the view is basically a few buildings across the street. The rest is covered by the trees. There is definitely no skyline view.
- Last but most importantly, the host acted very strangely towards the end of our stay. He messaged me asking if he could stop by when we weren’t there to “pick up documents from the office.” We made it very clear that we preferred he enter the condo with us present, he kept insisting we let him enter while we weren’t there… saying that he wants to “respect our privacy.” Eventually, he stopped replying to our chat and never showered up to “pick up documents.” This raised a huge red flag that his intentions were not innocent and that he was most probably hiding something insidious. We feared for our safety and left small reels of tape on the front door so we can tell if he entered while we slept. We immediately contacted AirBnB and reported this safety issue and got out of the condo with three days left in the stay. This matter, combined with all other hygiene problems, deterred us from staying there another night.