Sadly this is the first time I have had to leave a negative review for a host. The check in was good, Jose's dad was nice (we did not meet Jose himself) and let us leave our bags at the apartment earlier than check in. The apartment is bigger than described and the appliances and bed are in old condition but it is appropriate for the price.
The surprise for us came 5 days after we checked out, when Jose contacted us asking us to pay $300 for a shower drain that was broken under his shower. We certainly did not go under his shower and break anything. He also blamed us for leaving it dirty, even though we are very conscientious to sweep the floors, wash all the counter surfaces, wash the dishes, wash the stove top and fridge before we left, and the only thing he could show us was perhaps some coffee spilled on the floor and no evidence that this took more than 2 minutes to clean up (and also we don't know where it came from as we did not drink coffee at the house, we drink tea). There was nothing unreasonable about how we left the unit and certainly not even the $30 cleaning fee we were charged worth of work to be done. Jose sent us several intimidating emails 5 days after we checked out blaming us for the broken pipe under the shower and demanding more money from us. This ruined our day and will likely take another day to resolve with AirBnB. Not worth the inexpensive daily rate to be extorted like this. He says we should have noticed the broken pipe but there was no evidence of water on the floor or any way we would have known there was something wrong with the plumbing under the shower or of course we would have reported it to him. We would not stay here again and would recommend other guests to avoid this place as well.