This listing is deceiving. The pictures were taken a long time ago and the place clearly doesn’t look modern or luxurious anymore. Some of the amenities are not available. No walk-in closet for instance, there’s no cable TV, jacuzzi and pool were closed, the gym was most of the time closed too.
But the biggest problem I had with the place was related to cleanliness. The apartment was dirty. The trash wasn’t emptied, the place hadn’t been vacuumed, dishes in the cabinets were dirty, the carpets were very stained, and so on. Milena uses a 3rd party to manage the apartment while she is gone and that person works with a cleaning company too, so there is no proper transition between guests, as no one checks the apartment. Milena offered to have the cleaning company come back again, but I didn’t feel comfortable having people in the apartment while I was there and the place should have been cleaned when I arrived anyway. I took several pictures to document the issues and show Milena what needed more attention for future guests.
Another major issue I had was the smell of stale tobacco, someone clearly smoked in the apartment before. This is not something I reported, because I didn’t think that anything could be done against it, I just kept the windows open most of the time. After my checkout, Milena blamed me for smoking and requested $3445 as a compensation because the next guests left prematurely due to the smoke smell and the lack of cleanliness. This is clearly dishonest. I’m not a smoker and if someone actually checked the place between guests, that would not happen.
For future guests, I recommend reporting directly any issue with this apartment to Airbnb, in order to avoid this kind of situation. On the plus side, the bed was quite comfortable and the location is perfect. For the rest, I was mostly disappointed and wished I had been more careful before booking a place where I could work from for a few days and relax.