We return to Barcelona, but, we choose hotel this time.
We arrived to Barcelona and Javier's apartment on 4 Aug as scheduled and stayed there for three nights. The flat is clean but the toilet is small. It located near La Sagrada Familia but this is exactly how our tragedy come.
The burglary occurred on 6 Aug, 2019 between 10am to 7pm local time while we were not inside Javier's apartment. By the time we went back to the door, the door lock was broken, to be honest, the door lock itself was highly INSECURE. And our luggage and bags were searched and we lost all the cash. We have asked help from ALL the shops nearby and NO ONE is willing to help. Finally, We have reported to the host and to the local authority by walking to the police station . The host answered us after 30 minutes which is quite fast. They said it is the first time but from the level of damage of lock we can know that it is not the first time.
The representative of the host ask for replacement of lock on the 6 Aug night. But he and also the technician believed that it is still not secure and will take further actions on the 7 Aug morning which we have to check out. That means we have to stay in the crime scene for a night with extremely pressures of the flat being broken in again.
Obviously this apartment had been spotted by the burglars as they knew exactly which flat they should break into, it is to us, a very unpleasant and unsafe experience. At the same time, our neighbour, local residents in the same floor, did not experience any loss. Luckily no one injured as we were not in the flat during invasion of burglary this time. But I can’t imagine what will happen to others who are going to stay in Airbnb.
We would like to recommend those who want to stay to be careful about your own properties and do not only trust the lock of your airbnb.