The original stay of four nights was shortened to a single night due to a "host" of issues (pun intended).
The issues:
1. I killed around 20 flies/mosquitoes in the apartment within 24 hours of checking in. This place has a real insect issue. Although the apartment was "cleaned" well before arrival, there are probably problems with the bathroom drainage systems that make flies emanate from the bathroom every few minutes.
2. There were a ton of issues with the WiFi. The main WiFi router was embarrassingly small and placed below the TV. Consequently, it was unusable at the dining table (which was only a few feet away and the only table in the apartment and where I chose to work). They attempted to fix the problem with a mobile WiFi router but it was extremely unstable. To add to the trouble, this apartment is in a dead zone and I had little to no cell coverage. Needless to say, this was unsuitable for remote working
3. The apartment is located in an old and shabby alley. Although the apartment has been "remodeled", the bare bones are very old and it shows. E.g. The sockets are detached from the wall and hanging on for dear life.
4. This apartment is part of a dozen or more and is managed by a "group" of 15 people. You are added to a Line group after making the reservation. When issues were raised in the group, different people reached out each time and there was a lot of confusion. It was extremely annoying to have to repeat the same issues to multiple people. Why can't there just be one host assigned to each apartment?
5. Due to the above two points, check-in was a pain. The host didn't offer the address of the apartment, but rather the address of a meeting point nearby from where I was taken to the apartment. The actual address of the apartment isn't even searchable on Google Maps and so ordering food etc is really inconvenient here.
6. I lost a lot of money by ending the stay prematurely, since the Airbnb service fees and such were non-refundable. The host didn't want to bear these charges, but they did bear the cleaning fee.
7. The main bedroom had a musty smell emanating from the AC. The smell was foil enough that I decided to sleep in the smaller bedroom. The smaller bedroom wasn't completely dark even after turning off all the lights and closing the blinds.