Incredibly unhappy with our stay at Simon’s place. Before I begin I will state that we thought we had sent a text in the first day to Simon about some of the issues but unfortunately it didn’t reach him. So we cannot say that his communication was poor. He was apologetic about what we experienced when we finally got through to him and said he would have sent someone over right away but NO ONE should have to experience these problems initially. We were at the stage where we were going to just book another place and follow it up with Airbnb later but we didn’t have time. We had a lot on over the 6 days.
Simon stated that he was unaware the place was in this condition, but seriously, come on!
Firstly, upon arrival we noticed long black hair all through the carpet. It was everywhere. We then noticed faeces all over the toilet bowl and the toilet stank. The sliding doors were off the cupboard rails in the bedroom. We then noticed that the mattress was almost non-existent on the bed. It was absolutely horrible. You could immediately feel all the springs and it dipped horribly in the middle.
The sofa lounge is very uncomfortable and is hopeless as a chair/lounge/bed
No linen was provided for this. We had to go across to Aldi and buy a sleeping bag!
The washing machine DID NOT turn on at all. No power to it. One of the main reasons we chose to stay here.
It’s not the greatest neighbourhood and unfortunately the bar downstairs is very average. However, it is an easy walk to town or cheap uber ride. This is the most positive thing about the place.
We’re genuinely blown away how this place has any decent reviews. Simon has provided the very cheapest furniture for a relatively exorbitant price. We have stayed in airbnb places in many countries and have very rarely had a bad experience. We felt we were taken for a complete ride with this place.
Unless major changes are made to the place we’d strongly recommend not staying here.