I do not recommend staying at this listing. I have a few reasons.
1. This is managed by a property management company. The person you’ll be connecting with on Airbnb (not the one giving you the keys) has never set foot in the apartment and is unaware of the apartment’s exact location I.e. above a nightclub.
2. They’re not disclosing that this apartment is on a very busy road and even though you’re on the 4th floor you can hear people talking and laughing on the pavement outside never mind the reverberations of the club’s music into the apartment.
3. The “host” is utterly nonchalant about any noise concerns raised saying “they haven’t had any complaints”. Well, the listing is very new and they haven’t had many guests so maybe standards haven’t been very high.
4. The check in instructions aren’t clear. The girl that checked me in was convinced my room tag is the same tag for the parking. It wasn’t. It took a good while to sort out and in the meantime the R10 hourly parking was for my account.
5. When I told the “host” I was leaving because under no circumstances would I be able to live for a whole week with the noise, they ignored me. I checked out the very next morning. They refused to cancel my booking as requested so I received no refund for this stay and had to pay for another Airbnb.
6. The place is brand new but already the higiene is slipping with finger marks on the kitchen cupboard doors and a couch that is already showing where the preferred spot is for watching TV.
The best coffee cup had old coffee stains in it that I had to scrub out first before using. I then just went ahead and disinfected the whole place before lying awake, unable to sleep thanks to the constant pulsating beat of the music from the nightclub downstairs.
7. There is a Nespresso machine but no pods. Just 3 sachets of sugar and 4 tea bags. I have never seen such measly offering of basic kitchen amenities.
8. I suppose having to sign upon checkin a paper that says, amongst other things, I won’t litter in the passages, receive “guests” or hang my washing over the balcony should’ve informed me about the kind of place I was about to check into and the clientele they’re used to.
This is not the Airbnb listing if you’re looking for something cozy, welcoming and quiet with a very good host on the other end of the internet there for you if anything arises.