Nikki’s place was decorated nicely and was clean however, there were roaches. I arrived late at night and Nikki was very accommodating with meeting me. On the first night I saw a roach in the bathroom. I contacted Nikki the next day and she immediately set up for pest control to come the day after. According to Nikki pest control said I should still see them the next day but then they wouldn’t be a further problem. I thought about leaving but Nikki seemed confident the issue was taken care of and refunded me a half a day which I thought was not reasonable at all for this type of inconvenience.
I still continued to see roaches each night I came back to the apartment and by day 5 I saw them crawling in the bed. I had two nights left and it was extremely uncomfortable at this point to sleep. I let Nikki know of my dissatisfaction and she refunded me a full day and apologized for the inconvenience. I should’ve left after the first night but I had so much luggage and finding another place such last moment would’ve been expensive. Money shouldn’t be an object when it comes to a piece of mind and in hindsight I should have found another place immediately.
The apartment was clean overall and decorated nicely with all amenities one would need so the roach problem may just be a building problem since it’s a large apartment building. The laundry room and gym area was very rundown. The equipment was torn and raggedy and I didn’t really see anyone using it.
All of this aside the place was in a good location with a great view of table mountain. I just feel that as a host, Nikki should have been aware of the roach problem and had it taken care of prior to renting.