Summary - AVOID this room

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The room suffers a number of issues.

1) none of the lights work;
2) the ground floor window/door does not lock and allows anyone direct entry into your room;
3) the floor is absolutely filthy and all surfaces are covered in dust; and
4) the bed stank of body odour

Furthermore, the host is currently on vacation. I expect that he is not the landlord and is sub-letting this room via airbnb. This is because he is relying upon his friend to arrange the arrival of guests. However, the host's friend does not contain a set of keys into the flat and instead relies upon breaking through an unlocked ground floor window in order to retrieve the keys. After I checked out, he explained that he will access the room via the window again to retrieve the keys I had left. I would not recommend leaving valuables in the room.

Lastly, the host and the host's friend does not care about your experience and will lie and make it difficult for you to claim any reimbursement if you wish to amend your stay - no doubt they are trying to maximise their profits in this ridiculous scam. A number of airbnb terms and conditions are being broken (provision of a clean bed; reasonable cleanliness due to the £10 cleaning fee; reasonable expectation to remedy any concerns ie. the lack of working lights), and a number of local laws are being broken (subletting apartment on airbnb without landlord's prior consent; breaking and entering a property by someone who is not resident).

In summary, please don't fall victim to this ridiculous scam. This is a joke and gives airbnb a bad name.