My wife and I stayed at Takin’s place for a month. The apartment is conveniently located, close to grocery shops and the building feels safe. The studio is small, but enough place for a couple. There were a lot of light all day.
During our stay everything was okay, except the accident with a mirror. The apartment itself is quite lived in, so a lot of things would benefit from some maintenance. When we were sleeping in the morning, the mirror popped off the wall and shattered, probably was attached poorly. We sent photos of the broken mirror to Takin and he said that everything is fine and that he will fix it after we leave. So today we left and Airbnb said that we need to pay extra 400$ for a damage by Takin request. We haven’t discussed the payment with Takin, so it was a surprise bill for us.
He said that it looks like we hit it with something hard, which was not the case and he didn’t say it to us earlier, when he saw the photos. It fell down on one side first, and slowed down by electricity wire, so it wasn't broken completely.
We hadn't such issues with AirBnb hosts before, so we don't know how to handle it correctly.
For the peace of our mind and to avoid the conflict we payed the bill.
Overall the stay was okay, except that one accident and a surprise bill.