DO NOT BOOK THIS PLACE!!! CRACK ADDICTS LIVE NEXT DOOR!!! THE HOST THREATENED ME AND VERBALLY ABUSED ME!!! Let me tell you why.
On my arrival I was checked-in by a lovely middle aged woman (who struggles with the language). I was explained in broken English that the flat was already booked by some other guest and that I was going elsewhere. I asked Ahmed to ring me, but said he lives abroad and couldn’t call me. He frantically texted me a bunch of things that I couldn’t read as I was carrying my stuff up to the flat and trying to understand what the lady was talking about. She was talking and on the phone to someone at the same time. Finally she had enough and handed me the phone, on the line was Ahmed. He got very defensive when I expressed my frustration and basically blamed his mistake on me. He said I was panicking and that’s why he made a mistake. He then said he’ll cancel my booking. As I was already in the property and knew I wouldn’t find another Airbnb at 6pm on a Saturday evening I accepted to stay there for the night and move to the flat I had originally booked the next day. Next day I dropped my belongings in the other flat and left for the night. Once back I realised the flat didn’t look like the pictures and that there were serious safety issues going on. The terraces door is broken and needs to be locked with a key. The terrace is completely disintegrating and out of order (there’s a massive whole in the deck, it’s not safe to walk on it). The induction hob is cracked and could lead to electrocution. The electric system in the flat is faulty and you can’t tell is been fixed by an inexpert hand. Additionally, there were no toilet paper, pans (luckily), extra pillows, extra sheets (the ones on the bed were too small and stained of someone else’s blood). The worst happened when a couple started a fight outside the building, they were after drugs. The couple was shouting and threatening another man that fled in no time when he had the chance. Then, on my surprise, they came back to the flat next door to mine. From then they didn’t stop shouting, go up and down the building, slam doors and kick forniture. This went on until 5am. I tried to contact the host, but didn’t reply. Tried to contact Airbnb, but couldn’t do match. I was advised to call the police. But in London we don’t call the police for this minor issues, they have way more important things to do. It’s literally a joke calling the police for that. When I got hold of the host, I informed him I reported him to Airbnb. That’s when he lost his marbles. Started insulting me, making assumption about my life and threatening he’ll call my employer and my landlord. Not sure to tell them what though. Maybe to offer them the worst stay of their lives. Anyway, I have documented everything,the safety issues, the crackheads, and the abuse! I felt highly uncomfortable and extremely unsafe in this property. Ahmed shouldn’t be a host. He endangered my life to start with and then verbally abused me. He should be ashamed of himself and this property be taken down the platform as highly unsafe. We’re all trying to make a living, but there’s limits to what one can and should do. If he had handled this in a polite and helpful manner I would have closed an eye, but he pushed it by taking advantage and verbally abusing a 27 years old woman. Not gonna disregard that. This is disgusting!!