This listing had so much potential. At a quick glance, it is pretty spacious and nicely decorated. It appears to be pretty newly renovated but unfortunately, the host did not do a great job maintaining it.
There were several issues regarding the cleanliness of the home. I wish that I was able to share the photos from my stay there because they are extremely unpleasant and disgusting.
Firstly, the entire kitchen was dirty. The exterior and interior of refrigerator, microwave, cabinets, sink, floors, and dishwasher all had stains and marks on them. The dishwasher looked like it was about to fall out. The microwave still had food in it from the last guest that had stayed there! We wiped a paper towel and some disinfectant spray on the kitchen floor and the entire paper towel came out black indicating that they need to mop and clean the floors.
In one of the bedrooms, there were a bunch of tissues and a condom found under the bed. We did not check the other bedrooms but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other nasty things found under those beds as well.
The area itself also was a little sketchy. The complex was gated luckily but we did not feel very safe in general.
As a guest who was charged a cleaning fee, I expect for the Airbnb to be generally clean and hygienic before I check-in. I did not feel that the host met that expectation whatsoever. The host also reminded us to tidy up the place before checking out which I am usually more than happy to do but in this case, this was almost comical because he couldn’t even do the same for us, even though we paid a cleaning fee!
We did try to fix the situation with Airbnb and the host after the fact and were given half off the cleaning fee. I appreciate the partial credit but really wish the host took full responsibility. Hopefully my horrible experience will help the host take better cleaning protocols and make sure that his home is presentable for future guests.