We are a group of friends who decided to extend our stay in Barcelona after being there for 5 days already.
Excited to continue our trip we arrived at our new AirBnB and was greeted by our new host. On arrival we were let into the apartment block and subsequently into the apartment. As soon as we stepped into the apartment we were LECTURED about making noise. We were then led around the apartment, taking a tour of all of the noise detectors that were installed and were again lectured that if they go off we will immediately be kicked out of the apartment. This rather joyous tour was topped off by the host showing us a video of a group of boys he had previously kicked out of the apartment and then following it up by saying that he is not scared to throw us out at any time of the day/night. This rude and unwelcoming introduction to the apartment really threw us off and made us feel like we were causing an inconvenience being there.
We were also told that we were not able to open windows as noise travels easily through the apartment. We completely understood this as we would have hated to cause an inconvenience to other people in the apartments however as the apartment does not have air conditioning it led to the apartment becoming a sauna. In the height of summer it is not possible to be in a central apartment with no air con or breeze entering the it.
On completing our own tour of the apartment and throughout our stay we found the following issues that we believe were extremely poor for a rental property:
- Fluctuating temperature in the shower
- Toiletries left by previous occupants still in the apartment
- Stains on bedsheets
- Shower heads falling off the walls
- Pizza was found in the washing machine (yes your read that correctly)
- Next to a building site which starts work at approx 7am whilst your not allowed on the balcony until 9 am.
- Dirty floors and toilet leaking
- Doors on the shower/bathroom do not close properly
- Camera on balcony so you do not have privacy.
- Personal belongings in drawers in the kitchen.
I understand that when you care about something you may overemphasis your point however we were spoken to like we were children in a rude manner. We felt like we couldn’t explain our issues at the time of the stay as the host would have removed us from the apartment and we had nowhere else to stay. When I let him know of excess noise being made by neighbours he did not apologise and acted like it was just our problem to deal with.
Only positive of this stay was the location.
I will never return to this apartment or any apartment hosted by this man.