I’ve never written less than a five star review before. I’ve stayed in so many lovely air bnb’s - including in Barcelona -
where the hosts provided a clean space equipped with the essentials to make a stay convenient and pleasant for their guests. This was not my experience staying here.
First day I arrived, I found an expired nearly empty bottle of oil, a container of sugar with chunks of what looked like blue plastic in it and a jar of tea with bugs in it. There was a single roll of toilet paper and a half empty bottle of bath wash. Not even salt or pepper. No cleaning supplies. Nothing to flip an egg with, and the frying pans smelled so bad they were unusable. Two dish towels provided for more than a month stay.
The bed linens all had stains, and the mattress protector - to my horror - had blood stains and a large yellow stain. There was no fitted sheet, only a thin top sheet. The pillows smelled terribly. When I opened the vacuum cleaner since it was emitting a bad smell when I turned it on, I found the vacuum bag was overflowing with dirt and was ripped. No replacement bags. During Corona, nonetheless... it just felt insulting. Especially since Vicki requested I send her the money for bills outside of the app - a user violation. Why not include the additional cost of utilities in the original listing? Because then it wouldn’t show up for those seeking a cheaper rental. It felt very shady, and I find her responses to other negative reviews passive aggressive and unprofessional.
These issues aside, the major reason I ended my stay early, moved into new place asap and lost over 1000 dollars is I work from home. The internet was so bad I was unable to work using the wifi. I even purchased a wifi extender. No positive effect. I exclusively used my phone data for teleconferencing. Forget about streaming.
The neighborhood is great, and the place could be a great little rental if the owners put an iota of money or care into its maintenance. So so disappointed.