I will just get to the point: I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOST! Paola has serious issues, she is immoral, and has a terrible temper. She is loud, her neighborhood is not safe, and her behavior is not safe either. She will not hesitate to humiliate you in public or make a scene at your expense. Please beware, especially if you are a young female. Paola has many male friends, and she will secretly take pics of you to send to them. It sounds like a lot but it is true (I saw her do this at least once). There were also security guards at the building secretly filming me with their phones whenever I passed by. One of them was literally sitting on the floor taking pictures of my backside in front of the building and as soon as I noticed he got up and ran inside!
That is when I finally asked Paola to help me translate and ask this man to delete the picture, and to my horror, Paola turned into a loud, abusive, and hostile person towards me. She followed me downstairs, all the way screaming and shouting at me, and down at the lobby, not only did she not help, she screamed at me and made a huge scene right there in front of everyone. It was unbelievable and absolutely disgusting. The interesting part is other tenants at that building started treating me like I had done something wrong. It was absolutely incredible, and obviously a horrible way to experience the Chilean culture. This huge over-reaction on her part is the typical behavior of someone who is guilty of something and is trying to cover their own track, so she had definitely done something similar and was probably collaborating with these men since they were always ready with their phones as soon as I got out of the elevator.
Paola is very loud, she is usually home during the day and always plays loud music and tv shows, or she practices singing. I had specifically checked with her about this before booking the room, because I work online and need peace and quiet, and she had assured me that she is very quiet (which turned out to be untrue). Her apartment is right at the corner of a large intersection, and there is A LOT of street noise, cars screeching by, drunk people shouting and vomiting at night, etc. There is a hill/park right next to her building. Originally I was excited to go there every day for jogging, but after the second time the male workers there started to point their phones at me and making obnoxious noises. So I stopped going there. After a while I noticed a group of them peaking through my window from the hill, cellphones in hand, trying to film me in my own room. so I couldn’t even leave my curtains open and had to keep it close at all times. The people in this neighborhood can literally be nasty at times towards a foreigner (maybe not a neighborhood thing).
Needless to say, this Airbnb turned into a huge nightmare. I definitely do not recommend this host. She and her neighborhood are not safe.