So this experience was really disappointing for me.
With the check-in everything went smoothly and I really appreciated Shareena who was very adaptable as I was late due to a train delay. I also didn‘t care that she was 20 minutes late as I was the one who was an hour late in the beginning.
The apartment however was really not what I expected. Upon coming in, there was a smell that never really went away - probably because the apartment had a lot of humidity in it. The bathroom had a lot of mold on the ceiling, by the window and around the bathtub. The kitchen also seemed to have mold at the ceiling and there were dead flies everywhere. The toilet looked like it hadn‘t been properly been cleaned in years as it had brown and black stains that didn‘t go away even when I bought some tabs to dissolve it.
It simply wasn‘t clean, even though it said there would be a cleaning person coming in every day.
On the third day, there were maggots in the kitchen (probably because the rubbish in the kitchen was smelling really bad).
That was the point when I reached out to David telling him what was going on and that I didn‘t feel good in the apartment apart from my room. I never got an answer which really is the most disappointing thing. In the evening, the other people living in the apartment removed the trash as well as the maggots.
So in the evening of the same day I reached out to Airbnb Support explaining the situation and sending them pictures. They told me that I was protected by AirCover and then they canceled the booking for me and gave me a partial refund for the days I‘d already spent there. I was lucky to find a new Airbnb but this was still a very stressful experience for me.
I just couldn‘t imagine staying at that place for a whole month (which I booked it for), especially for that price.