If you're looking for a great-value Airbnb in a nice area with top-notch amenities... look literally anywhere else. I could go on for hours about how horrible this experience was, as someone who has been using Airbnb consistently for long-term stays over the past year and a half, but I'll start by listing up the major problems.
- The apartment itself is TINY, with barely enough room for a bed. The pictures on the listing are incredibly flattering compared to the amount of space you'll actually have. The listing mentions being equipped for four guests, but well-suited for two guests to be comfortable - and I would say it's barely suited for *one* guest to be comfortable.
- The kitchen is extremely understocked. There is one pan, a tiny refrigerator, and not even a stovetop - just one of those portable griddles that would feel more at home on a camping trip than an apartment.
- The area is, to put it kindly, not very nice. Trash strewn across the sidewalk, boarded up shops, and a generally unsafe vibe made me not want to walk outside of the apartment.
- There's a hospital and emergency room right outside the window, which is great if you need to go to hospital, but otherwise you'll be dealing with the sounds of ambulances most times of the day (and especially in the middle of the night). I can count on one hand the number of restful sleeps I got in my time staying at this Airbnb.
- The plumbing is poor. There's barely any hot water when you're taking a shower, the bathroom sink refuses to drain, and at one point in the stay I was told to stop using water entirely due to emergency plumbing.
- Even what few amenities that they DO have come with drawbacks. There's an iron in the apartment, but no ironing board. There's laundry in the building, but it's coin operated and you have to suffer a walk through the dumpster area to get to it. There's a bathroom in the apartment, but the door won't even stay closed.
It's likely no coincidence the minimum stay is 30 nights - I left within a week and half because of all the issues listed above, but of course had to pay the full cost of the reservation per Airbnb's rules. Avoid at all costs.