I will NEVER return to this Studio flat even though it has its own advantages. I will not even look back to find his excuse after almost 2 weeks. I am busy enough to take care of my own routines after a month absence for my vacation.
Here are some detailed points to mention.
1) Hard to find better option as far as location is concerned.
2) Building itself is a bit old as some reviews pointed out. This is OK and acceptable , at least, to me. That said, his room was maintained relatively clean.
3) There were house rules that you get through messages, most of which are understandable and were not too complicated to abide by, which I did faithfully. However, there was another instructions posted in the room(in a laminated sheet of paper) that is hard to accept. That was almost a warning that he could charge extra if electricity was excessively used. The lessor seemed to be quite dubious "against" his lessee. I felt this was so unpleasant and unnecessary comment. I never saw such a comment in any accommodations even in Air B&Bs.
4) When I asked for refills for toilette papers and body washes, he said "As for toilet paper and soap/shampoo, please buy those yourself from the shop as I only provide enough to get you started initially."
When amenity provided is listed, I would strongly assume that they are provided during the whole stay. Afterwards I didn't even bother to ask for new towels and had to wash initially provided towels every other day throughout our 10 day stay.
5) The night before check-out, I asked for luggage-keeping, which brought a feud. It's kind of a long discussion but I will post it for you. I don't think the lessor is NOT in a POSITION to assess my attitude or address it. It is quite clear that he did not even have a space or a will to keep the luggage and began complained about the time that I asked. He NEVER apologized about his own faults but kept making excuses by blaming AirB&B.
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The lessor 오전 6:17
Hi, there are storage lockers in Victoria station where you can store your luggages.
Me 오전 6:24
I know there are commercial luggage service around.
As I understand, luggage storage was possible upon request and you turn me to commercial service now. It is quite contrary to your ad. This is quite absurd.
The lessor 오전 6:29
Excuse me, I never advertised that i offer luggage storage. Please do not be rude.
My listing clearly states checkout is by 10am. If you knew you had a late flight and needed to store your luggages, why didn't you inform me earlier?
***You have a very poor and rude attitude.***
If you had asked me nicely earlier, I might have been able to sort something out for you.
It's just a Studio flat, not a hotel.
Me 오전 6:44
Kc, it's not a question of letting you know early or not, but of abiding by common rules. Rule that both parties keep their words. If you look at the room ad, it clearly says keeping luggage is possible and it never mentions that needs to be arranged before. Besides I never had any problem asking for such service the day before checkout whenever the ad says so. You say I was rude? Asking for the service as mentioned should not be treated so.
The lessor 오전 6:47
Please send me a copy of the ad you're referring to. Just send me the part that states it is possible to store luggages after checkout.
Me 오전 6:55
This is what your says weitten in (my language). If you ask for translarion at airbnb office, you will be able to get legal copy of translation.
This is what your ad says written in (my language).
Now if it is not offered, I don't want to ruin my last night in London. I am out of this argument for now. (Captured image attached here)
The lessor 오전 7:00
Wow, that's news to me! Apologies (my name), that shouldn't have been in the ad as this studio has no storage facilities. It's a mistake by airbnb.
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