Joao’s house was really well located and the room and the living room were big enough. The two windows from the living room and main room face the inside of the building, so there is no view or air movement. The Airbnb offer strictly two towels (one per person)- no hand towels-and the main bed had one pillow (I guess that was because I was on my own in that bed). If you are travel with an elderly person, you need to know there are around 15 steps until you reach the elevator and 7 steps down afterwards. However, the issue with this Airbnb was the host. While his property is advertised as a two bed property, the host asks for extra money for the use of the sofa-bed when is max. two people. This information was there, but I didn’t see that when I did the booking. After we first communicated and Joao explained the extra cost, then he asked me to remind him to prepare the sofa-bed before my arrival. When we arrived to the house, he asked for the money in cash. In the middle, he got a phone call, that he picked up and started walking and talking around the flat (this happened twice). I told him that I thought that the extra of the sofa-bed was going to be added to my final bill, like it always happens in Airbnb however he wanted the money in cash. I knew this was outside the rules of Airbnb, but at this point, the conversation was not friendly anymore. He started giving a speech of how he is opening the doors of his home (when this was a company and owns several properties) and that now I should be happy because I have a bed for the ‘abuelita’. At this point I wanted to get over this, and decided to pay the cash. There are other details to the story, during this conversation and afterwards by message, but I hope you get the drift. I felt this became a hostile experience to not say a violent one. I don’t recommend this property, particularly to women. Joao was aggressive and it affected my holidays.
Joao no fue un buen anfitrion, fue agresivo y prepotente. No recomiendo esta propiedad particularmente a mujeres.