I was so excited to stay here - the location is great and it looked so cute in the listing. But then I checked in.
For a place that requires a minimum of 28 days to book, it really wasn’t equipped for a stay longer than a week at most. 1 roll of paper towels, 2 bath towels you have to wash in a singular (shared) washer/dryer, tiny trash can with no trash bags, and no cleaning supplies like a broom (the floor gets super sandy).
1 week in and I noticed the water wasn’t getting hot, and the stove wasn’t working. I let Sioux-Z know and answered all of her questions about the issues (as if having no water or working stove wasn’t the issue at hand). Once I did that - she informed me the gas company had “just decided” to shut the gas off for the unit I was in. I’ve never heard of that just randomly happening ?? I thought “whatever it’ll get fixed, I’ll shower at the gym tomorrow morning”. Nope. It took 1 week for the gas company to come turn the gas back on. The day this happened I was instructed to leave the keys to the unit under the welcome mat so Sioux-Z’s handy man could let the gas company mechanic in. As a young woman traveling alone this didn’t feel like the safest option, but I wanted to cook and shower so I obliged. 1 week after first telling my host I couldn’t cook or shower. Sure she offered another unit across the complex for me to use - but If you’re traveling for work I’m sure you’ll agree this isn’t ideal after working all day. And for how much this place costs, the necessities that are listed as being available should be available where you pay for them to be.
After this Sioux-Z was continually and more condescending than she was before. Any question I had was answered with a screenshot of the poorly worded check in instructions. She is constantly contradicting herself, all communication was extremely unclear and takes a day if not more to be resolved - I’m thinking this could be due to the fact that she doesn’t own this unit (she kept referring to the owner and having to also communicate with him about any problem). The TV never worked the entire time I was there, none of the furniture was comfortable, 4 pillows that were all cheap and flat, wifi was spotty, there’s an ancient Mitsubishi heater/AC unit that’s impossible to figure out, the whole place smells of moldy towels, and if you take warm showers or boil pasta (which you might not be able to do if you stay here) the entire unit is full of condensation afterward. I’m a very fair person, I travel a lot for work so I’m constantly staying in Airbnb’s and I understand everyone makes mistakes. However, this was all around the worst Airbnb I’ve ever stayed in, and I say that after seeing the horrible responses Sioux-Z has left to other negative reviews. Don’t stay here. If it was available for a few days at a time, I’m sure it would be worth it. But being locked into this place for at least 28 days is not worth the stress you’ll deal with when nothing works, or the money you’ll spend for essentially a tent on the side of Washington.