Firstly, the host was super sweet and responsive. I give him 5 stars for communication. He was extremely fast about responding to my messages. He showed up shortly before midnight to meet me and let me in the apartment. In a way, I wish he had never showed up, honestly.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'd like to share my true experience without going into too many details. On a more serious note, it would not be right if I didn't leave an honest review about just how absolutely terrible my experience was. If you're okay with tiny, dead and alive baby and adult German cockroaches, then this apartment is perfect for you. Roaches were crawling EVERYWHERE, literally, including all over the kitchen, up the couch, the walls, the kitchen counters, the kitchen table and all over the floor.
There were dead roaches ave broken body parts underneath the refrigerator. Wost, the host pretended to be surprised after I revealed that the apartment was infested.
I booked a hotel hours after arriving. I'm still freaked out over my experience. I keep feeling like they're going to crawl on me even though I've left the apartment.
Sorry Lance, but I have to be honest with my review. Because of your tiny guests, 3 days of my vacation in Cape Town were wasted. Booking this spot was my worst nightmare. I literally wasted money staying in a nearby hotel because of the apartment that you decided to list just for the purpose of making money.
I did get a full refund, but of course the damage has already done. In addition, I only blame the owner of the property partially as Airbnb should require their hosts to show proof of extermination on a regular basis to prevent this from happening.
Lesson learned. Cheaper is not always better. Consider yourself forewarned.
Good luck!
Lance, I promise, if you write anything to discount what I've said, I will find a way to post all of the videos of your infestation. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. How dare you rent out your apartment with all of those roaches. I pray that none got in my bags and travel back to the USA with me. 😠