This is the biggest scam of bait and switch I have come across. I arrived at the location with all my bags and when I called the owners they directed me to an agency 4km away. There they told me that the apartment that they had offered me was triple booked and gave me a different apartment which I had no choice but to accept because I had all my bags with me. The apartment I finally got was in Gran De Gracia 239 primero 1 room 5. And they even gave me the wrong address on that one, telling me it was primero 2, where I waited outside for a full hour.
They charged 300 for the supposedly superior cleaning with Covid19 standards but the apartment was filthy and the common area smelt bad with a lot of trash build up. When I arrived at the rooms the bedsheets were dumped on the bed. On top of that, I had to pay 600-700 for a small room which did not look like the pictures at all. Everything was broken, the table, the chair and there was not enough ventilation, and the room was humid and moist. I ended up booking a hotel on the last week because I could not handle the conditions.
The other tenants in the accommodation mentioned the same bait and switch scam. Everything was broken, the washing machine, dryer, toilets could not flush, heater not working, and locks got stuck frequently. I felt cheated by AirB&B because I had to pay a fee to AirB&B as well as to this Spanish agency called "RoomHousing". They are non-responsive when it comes to fixing things during my 40 day stay, but they will call you 5 times in a day to sign papers. They have no concern for the well being of the tenants and leave you to rot because they knew I had no choice.
I've only had good experiences with AirB&B but this experience has left a bad taste in my mouth as I would expect AirB&B to vet that there are no agencies abusing this platform.
RoomHousing knows exactly what they are doing and they are taking advantage of unwitting students and people who have no choice at the last minute. I am pretty sure what they are doing is illegal and I hope it does not happen again.
I hope to never deal with "RoomHousing" agency again. And I am not even sure if this apartment advertised even exists or belongs to Igor as this same thing happened to a friend I made during my stay who arrived a week after I did.