This is a blatantly deceptive listing - pictures were NOTHING like the modern apartment shown.
I was checked into an ugly, carpeted unit with furniture that was a good 25 years old. This was not a “similar unit” with a different colored couch, it was wholesale different + inferior. The host tried rationalizing this blatant deception by saying “this is a hotel and you booked a studio and there’s many different units”. Wrong. This is not a “similar studio unit”. I was shown an ugly, carpeted dungeon - nothing like pictures.
I fought for 3 hours and finally got switched to a unit similar to pictures. The catch? The unit smelled AWFUL. The staff tried telling me “it was just someone cooking last night and will go away” but it continued to stink. I brought this up to the staff who were unable to fix it, threw their hands up and said “we tried our best”.
Here comes the kicker. I asked Will before booking “can you confirm the wifi speeds?” He answers “wifi here is very fast, same as office uses”. This was important to me as a digital nomad who works while traveling. I explained this to Will. Not only was the wifi not fast, but it was abysmally slow. No apology from Will, just rationalizations.
Go check other listings from William Hemming Associates and you’ll see other cases of bait+switch. They make duplicate listings to run this same play every time one listing gets hit by a review like this.
I hope Airbnb shuts down this snake. This is an unethical host. This is purposeful bait + switch. I’ve stayed in over 50 Airbnbs over 5 years, this was the most blatantly deceptive example of Airbnb gone wrong.
Look somewhere else!!