If you want a place where just as you are checking in from a long day of travel and all you want is some rest and unwinding, only to be disturbed by a crew of delivery guys delivering heavy load of furniture at the last minute; assembling, causing a ruckus and making a mess in front of you just as you are arriving and unpacking, then this place is for you.
Says the host called melissa "these guys were supposed to come in today to put in new furniture, yet we still took your reservation because we weren't going to miss out on one day's airbnb income because of it, hope you don't mind"
Come again!?!
And the nightmare continues. As I come back from a night out, I put the key into the top deadbolt as instructed (the host had told me earlier that the keys are only for the top deadbolt) only to find out that the bottom door knob which doesn't have a keyhole on it is not turning. It seemed as though somebody had locked and disabled the bottom knob from the inside by pinching some kind of button on it to keep it from turning. I call the host and she says "oh that is normal, the bottom door knob is not SUPPOSED to turn(wtf!), only the deadbolt locks and unlocks, so you just have to push really hard and lean with all your weight after rotating the deadbolt to crack the door open"
I am like "wtf?!!!"
Does this sound normal?!!!
I tell her I don't quite understand that logic, so she says not to worry and that she will send her proxy/handyman over to demonstrate. So the proxy/butler(?!) shows in front of me how to break into the door ala rambo style, leaning in with all your weight after turning the top deadbolt loose because the bottom door knob is not supposed to turn(!?!)
and that is STILL not the end of surprises.
Just as I had barely gotten some sleep from a night of unexpected surprises and disruptions, as I still lay half asleep in the wee hours of the morning, I start getting calls from an unknown number and when I don't answer I immediately get a text from the host asking when I'll be checking out. It is not even 9am, so I go to sleep a little more and around 11am I get up and prepare to check out. I go out to my car and start organizing some things to make room for my light luggage. Not even 10 minutes had passed and I get message in the airbnb portal inbox, apparently from the host since I hadnt responded to her 8am text yet lol
Line by line the exact message from host: "Hi, when are you checking out? the cleaning ladies are arriving. You need to LEAVE."
I look at my clock and it is barely 10minutes past 11am.
Overall, if you want a place where after a night of endless unpleasant surprises and unexpected disruptions, just as you had barely gotten some sleep only to be bombarded by calls from "unknown number" and texts from the host in the wee hours of the morning then this place for you.
This REALLY is overall the most terrible airbnb I have ever been in. This takes the dubious prize as the most outrageously brazen and horrible service you can imagine and this host melissa is the most seedy, greedy and nasty airbnb host imaginable. This place ran by this host should be taken off the listing as it is a complete RIPOFF of your money for its endless nuissance/unpreparedness and complete invasion & violation of your rights and privacy as a guest. This host should be banned for her her scamming ways and brazen attitude thinking she can disturb your arrival and check in with a load of heavy loading disturbances because she thinks the guest will "just take it" because her place is "just so good" lol. Buyer beware.. think twice before you reserve this place unless you want to be ripped off for 500 dollars for a night of endless nightmares, of unexpected disturbances and disruptions and shocking unpreparedness & unprofessionalism.