Upon arriving something immediately felt off and I was hesitant to go inside. I booked for a month as I am here for work but I didn’t feel safe and the whole housing situation felt weird.
What this is is a narrow long hallway with multiple doors on both sides with individual padlocks. There are two kitchens across from each other and only two bathrooms (each connected to the kitchen) so it is no means a house. There is no living space. The surrounding area and right around the building was shady.
The cohost, Ian, was in the bedroom right across from the one I was assigned which added to the situation as obviously he is the one that knows the codes to the rooms. There is clearly a reason the listings do not include pictures of the outside of the house, street, and over layout of the building. It felt like one of those horrors situations where there would be hidden cameras in your room.
Because I felt so uneasy I had to spend more to stay at a hotel and am now scrambling to find safe housing for my time here. I come to find out the next day that the water in the building was being suspended for some sort of plumbing issues. Luckily Airbnb gave me a complete refund.