Everything at Rob's place was great...until it wasn't.
I've worked in the travel & hospitality industry for seven years and have never seen such a poorly handled situation. Anybody knows that the true test of a host isn't how well they take care of you when things are going well, but how well they handle a situation when things go disastrously wrong. Unfortunately, Rob failed that test with flying colors.
I had a severe allergic reaction to Rob's apartment. I don't know what it was, but I'm assuming mold, since I do have environmental sensitivities to it. I was forced to check out after 12 hours because his apartment was proving to be a health hazard. Reluctantly, Rob agreed to reimburse me for half the stay.
It was a $2,000 USD booking, which means I paid more than $1k for less than 12 hours in his home. Our messages after the fact indicated that he was more interested in keeping my money than he was in making sure I was safe. For a traveler in a new city, that's not a comforting feeling.
His apartment seems nice and cozy, and perhaps things would have gone off without a hitch were it someone else staying at his place, but I simply can't vouch for Rob's excellence as a host. I've stayed in literally hundreds of Airbnbs, and I've seen those excellent hosts time and time again. Rob was great at first, but when things came crashing down, it became apparent what kind of host—and person—he really is.