READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH before deciding to book this house with this man.......
Danny’s home is great, just be careful to clarify that you will be getting 4 (four) parking spots, 2 (two) in the garage and 2 (two) in the driveway!
This was a big reason we chose his home back in January for a 30 day vacation to visit family this summer.
When we arrived we discovered a pickup truck, with NY license plates, and surf boards on the back, in one of the garage spots, and furniture and bikes in the other. I was alone with my 13 year old daughter and unable to pull into either garage spot at night (there was also no garage opener available so we had to enter through the “front” door on the side of the house.
I immediately asked Danny if he could move the truck (also explained I did not want a strangers truck on the property for our stay, for both safety and responsibility), and he simply said the truck “can’t be moved.” No further explanation. He said the other side was full of furniture, as they had replaced furniture in the house, which they had, but that became my problem, why??
He offered to try and move the furniture the following Saturday (one week into our 4 weeks now) and I told him I’d reached out to AirB&B at that point and wanted to hear back from them first.
Danny then messaged me saying we should “move on” as I would “be happier somewhere else.” I told him I agreed but the issue was AirB&B being able to find a comparable location. They could not.
When contacted by AirB&B I told them I would accept a 25% refund on my total payment (Danny offered $250, ha!) for the missing parking and stay put.
Danny canceled our contract retroactive immediately. I learned of this after attending a movie with my daughter and son, at 10:30 in the evening! AirB&B actually asked us if we had another place to go at 11:00pm!
When I told them we could not relocate that evening (we also had our “approved” dog with us, which, by the way Danny claimed was how we broke our part of the contract and I guess allowed him to justify canceling on us in this morally, horrible way (and which I have 100% proof, in writing, he did approve). AirB&B told me to stay the night and they would work on finding new accommodations in the morning.
Here’s the good part....the following morning, as I’m packing up the house I’d settled into for a month, our electricity is cut (from the electrical panel attached to the side of the house, next to the front door)! Someone (hmmm, wonder who?) was on the property, and threw all the switches off. Wow. So, having been to the panel once to fix a problem with a switch, I went out and put them all back on so we could continue to pack up and head out.
Wait, there’s more....
By now my brother has come to the house as he is feeling worried for our safety, and within minutes of his arrival we get a knock on the door from the Manhattan Beach police! “Someone” has called to have your car towed from the driveway (yep, because we couldn’t park in the garage) they tell me!! I’m in the house, with my 13 year old daughter and dog, and “someone” tries to have my car towed?!?! Can’t make this stuff up folks. Unbelievable.
Suffice it to say, we left, had to stay in a hotel until we could change flights, etc., and we returned home 3 weeks early! 😢
AirB&B was not able to find comparable accommodations so late in the summer. Danny canceled (AirB&B’s own words)
which means we are owed a 100% refund. To date we have received a refund only for the days not stayed....wow, imagine that?!?
This experience is difficult for me to wrap my head around as we were simply asking to have what we paid for honored or compensated to the degree WE found suitable, and that spun into a sad glimpse of poor human behavior from an adult man. Pitiful.
So, “buyer” beware should you decide to book the 2+2 Midcentury Modern home of Danny....you may wind up as blindsided as me and my family!