I was unknowingly staying in a bed that was infested with bed bugs. I did not realise the place was infested until I found bed bugs on the 2nd/3rd week of staying at this place - which meant I was sleeping in a bed FOR THAT LONG of a time not knowing it was INFESTED. I had been getting bites earlier during the stay, however was unsure what they were (I have never experienced bed bug infestation before, nor knew what they looked like) until we found them in the mattresses. The host began to blame me for the bed bugs, even though I had evidence on my skin of the bites and also of the bed bugs we found. The host was not compliant, nor nice or empathetic about the issue and had blamed me for the incident, claiming "this was never an issue before and hundreds of guests have stayed here" - indicating to me that the hygiene was definitely not meeting expectation after every guest stay.
The closet had also smelt of rotten wood, in which the host denied there was a smell and covered it with Air fresheners. The overall place (kitchen and lounge room space) was messy, dirty, with cockroaches and flying insects managing to make their way into my bedroom space. These issues I unfortunately let slide with the host. However, when it came to the bed bugs, I definitely raised this issue with the host and was not welcomed with any remorse or sympathy, even though I had not brought any of the other unhygienic issues to question.
Please be careful with booking with this Airbnb. Yes, the pictures are as expected, the location is good, however the lack of cleanliness and hygiene of the place, AND the bedroom space, had turned me off booking with Airbnb ever again.