The Host is not reliable and is very dishonest based of facts below of which I have photographic evidence.

I confronted him with misrepresentation issues and safety issues within the 24 hours period as provided for in terms of the Airbnb. I proposed an amicable solution to evacuate the property and paying for the night’s stay plus for 2 additional days.
We could not get hold of Airbnb within the 24 hours and they did not respond to my request to contact me which left me with no other alternative than to cancel my booking as my safety was at risk and I could not be a party to the illegal selling of alcohol. I could not stay in the apartment for one more day. Because Airbnb and the host did not allow me an alternative option within the 24 hour period I had no other option other than to cancel my booking and as a result I lost R10 000.
We provided supporting evidence of our claims to Airbnb and Airbnb refunded their service fee after receiving the evidence of our complaints. We regard this refund as support to our claim against the host.

The host however refused to enter into any agreement to refund us the amount due. Instead the host has made defaming accusations about us in a private “what’s up” group which he created and he used this platform to try and intimidate us.

The host has gone through our garbage which is alarming and will be addressed by my legal counsel as he used the content of our garbage to make false and baseless accusations against us.

According to the Airbnb website the host is based in Hong Kong and SA but he lives in Cape Town. Upon requesting the address for litigation I was told by the host that he is a Hong Kong resident which is contradicting the information provided by Airbnb on their website that the host lives in Cape Town.

Hopefully as a SA resident the host understands the SA laws for example the Tax laws, the Liquor law (not to sell liquor without a licence), SABS wiring standards, (the illegal issuing of a C.O.C.) and the Privacy law Act etc.

As a person considering to rent this apartment remember you are entering into an agreement at your own peril. Mine was very costly. There is no support in SA to assist you when encountering a problem and that can cost you more than 50% of your payment if you have to cancel.