BEWARE OF AIR POLLUTION, SAFETY ISSUES AND RUDE HOST. This is the first negative review that I write in my life, and after many years of using Airbnb both as a host and guest.
First of all, the apartment is spacious and tidy but is right next to highway M-30, which can be a headache if you are sensitive to noise and air pollution. I stayed there with my seniors parents and we all felt the effects of the heavy air after the first night.
But even more toxic was the host behavior: After checking in, I reported to the host that his stove was malfunctioning, he pretended that he did not know. Then, he asked me to turn on the stove directly from the electric box, but he fail to warn me about the stove not turning off even though it looks off. We only found about this hazardous issue it by accident, the morning, before going out for our day. I reported this to the host, giving him still the benefit of the doubt but he decided to just call it an inconvenience. Because of all these issues, I decided to cancel the reservation on my second night. I kindly told the host that the stove could sure be fixed and the pollution sensitivity was, of course, on us not him, and asked him to please let me know if he had any instructions for checking out next morning. I was just cancelling on my part and accepting to lose half of the money that I had paid for a whole week. I could not alter the dates because it required a minimum of three nights. I also was not allow to cancel for that same night but only for the nights remaining 24 hr after the cancellation. I assumed that it was ok and since it was a Sunday close to midnight it was actually perfect. After the cancellation was accepted, the host told me that he knew that I had made a mistake by cancelling but that he was going to ask me anyway to leave the place right away. I explained to him that I was paying for that night. He said he knew it but he had the right to quick me out "like in a hotel"; he went on a long rant accusing me of "illegally occupying" his place and he finally threatened with "calling the police" on us if I didn't leave right away. Only when I remind him that he had a stove creating a hazardous situation (which can cause the city to revoke a tourist license) and that I had not even claimed it to get a full refund (which I could have), he suddenly changed his behavior back to kind and civilized, and agreed that I should stay for the remaining of that night since I was paying for it anyway. Beware of the type of human who decides to threaten two seniors and a woman with calling the police on them knowing that he is at fault and that he is actually charging for the night in question.