Contacted the host over a week prior stay to ensure there would be no issues, cancellations etc. and received no response. Day before booking they called me and requested £600 security deposit which no one had informed me of prior to stay. Said my booking would be cancelled unless I paid the extra £600, and if I cancelled the booking I wouldn’t be able to get my full refund from airbnb as they contacted me with this information less than 24 hours before check-in. I had family coming from all over England to stay in this Apartment and if I had cancelled they would have no where to stay, unless we could find a last minute hotel. In the end due to their incompetence they lowered the security deposit, and still refuse to return my money after my stay even though nothing in the apartment is broken. Horrible, inconsiderate host. DO NOT STAY HERE!