Total nightmare.
Amalya's bio is false. She is not a first time host. She and her husband own a corporate housing company (Craftstay) and rent nearly 30 Airbnb units through this company.
Charged $199 cleaning fee for 600sq ft apt. Apt was beyond filthy. We sat on the floor with our 13 month son and his hands, legs and all of our clothes turned, literally, black with filth after only a few moments on the floor.
Spent the first night in sweltering Pasadena heat without AC, temps inside near 80 and humid, because Amalya has a secret AC kill switch in the apartment. Not making this up. It's in the bathroom, near the ceiling and looks like a light switch. There's a guest-posted video of it online. Rather than tell us about this switch, she acted like we couldn't operate the simple thermostat, trying to blame us so she wouldn't have to refund money.
She promised to send a cleaner and confirmed an exact time for their arrival. They no showed and didn't contact us. Amalya tried to blame us for their no show because we didn't answer her incessant, harassing phone while our son was napping. This is after we confirmed an exact time for them to clean the apartment.
Amalya's harassing phone calls came AFTER she agreed to stop calling and texting us and to communicate ONLY through Airbnb.
Her description is inaccurate- parking is not always available and is only for compact cars. There is no free street parking. There is nowhere to unload and load luggage (curb outside is red).
Had to start dispute with Airbnb to get money back.
Amalya is, by an immeasurable margin, the worst Airbnb host we have ever had. We felt mislead, abused and ripped off during our entire stay. Can't recommend highly enough that you avoid her Airbnbs.