I've never had such a negative experience at an Airbnb. I stayed in this Airbnb for 2.5 months, and paid approximately $3,132 a month. From the heavy staining I found on the mattress (with a brown-red liquid that really looked like blood) to the crumbs and trash I found under the couch cushions, this place did not feel clean or comfortable (which was especially disturbing during COVID). The place is furnished like a college student's first off campus apartment, with the most inexpensive furniture from Amazon and IKEA. Things were constantly malfunctioning—the tension rod for the shower curtain fell down almost everyday, there was a smell that came out of the bathroom that required me to leave the fan on all the time, and the hallways of the building didn't seem to be cleaned regularly and sometimes would have trash, like take-out containers and dirty towels, lying around for days.
The worst part of my stay was my interactions with the host, who actually was quite dishonest. I really felt like the host was trying to squeeze every penny out of me. For example, one night I got into bed and the dowels and screws holding one of the corners of the bed together fell apart and part of the bed supporting the mattress collapsed onto the floor. After the host sent maintenance to fix the bed, they tried to charge me $126 for the cost of repair weeks later (they did not mention I would be responsible for this cost ahead of time). Also, I'm 99% sure the bed was an IKEA Hemnes full size bed, which retails online for $169, so the host was trying to charge me for almost 75% of the value of the bed. The host sent documentation to Airbnb to suggest that I had intentionally damaged the bed, which was just not true. I had also experienced some wifi issues in the unit, and the host sent Airbnb documentation to suggest that I had knocked out the internet of the entire apartment building, which was also not true. Finally, after I left, the host tried to charge me for a broken lamp that was NEVER even in the apartment at any point during my stay. I got the sense that this host couldn't care less about the guest and is only interested in making as much money as possible.