Do NOT stay here: Filthy gross, bugs :: I have photos of all of the mentioned. We couldn't even stay here, and he would not refund our money. Also lots of break-ins in the neighborhood and this house offers no security, as in no lock on the door!
Floors were filthy and covered in crumbs and dirt, bathroom was unclean with filth in the shower sink and toilet, spiders on webs above the toilet, cooking surfaces covered in old food, bugs and bug carcasses present in bathroom and bedroom. I have photos of all of this filth. Bed had clearly not been cleaned, linens had hairs and lint on them with imprints other peoples bodies had clearly been laying there and not cleaned after. Rugs were not vacuumed, with visible dirt. Windows are draped with dirty towels. There was junk piled up on window sills including a dirty baby bottle that had been left for a very long time. Keep in mind I have photos of all of this, yes, including the bug carcasses which had clearly been there for a very long time.
He charges $12 extra for linens, which I would not expect to be clean based on everything else in the place. The host admittedly states in listing he offers nothing and has lots of rules, but states it is a clean space, which it is NOT. My wife and I have stayed all over the world in air bnbs, including a shed in Santa Cruz with an outhouse and outdoor shower, we do not expect high end or perfectly spotless, but filth is unacceptable.
He left signs these handwritten signs around the apartment with rules on them: "take your shoes off", "Don't use the water", "leave money for linens", etc. Very rude approach.
Upon check-in you will find yourself ducking under a wire to get down a narrow pathway along broken down garage. Once you get to the main house you will find piles of junk in the garden and on the front porch and tables strewn about the yard. Then you get to the door of the apartment to find there is no lock box or even a lock on the door. Host was not around, didn't seem to want to help or offer any type of security.
Was short in responses and somewhat contentious right from the start. I should have known. He acted like we were inconveniencing him to rent his place.
The place is located over looking Manu Bay but tucked in a neighbor hood without any access to the beach. The place isn't that safe either. Lot's of break-ins in that area. Host didn't offer us a key or anything to secure our belongings while staying there, which is another reason we didn't end up staying the night.
If it were clean, or if anything in the place was clean or maintained or if he attempted to keep the facility safe & secure, we would have stayed there but we left after 20 minutes of assessing the filth. I traveled across the world to surf in Raglan, I am a very simple guy, as is my wife. We have never walked out of an AirBnB, ever. We could not stay there. It was our last night in Raglan/NZ and we had to leave this place, we ended up staying at a campsite which was a far better value and cleaner than this place. I kindly asked the host to refund us as we were there for under 30 minutes and booked it just 20 hours in advance, so it wasn't like we took someone elses slot. He refused. I highly recommend not pursuing this Host. He doesn't care for his property or care about the well-being of his guests. He didn't even try to remedy the situation.