Location was amazing. The living room had a lot of space. It was enough room for my partner and I to work out of for 6 months. Having the laundry and garage was nice too.
Everything was great about our stay except the property management company. They made me sign a contract outside of the platform, which I’m fine with. A business owner has the right to protect themselves. It was once they wanted to break the contract for their benefit that I had an issue.
There was no gas heat so we had to use a space heater. Once we started using that, I was notified that the electric bill was high and that I would be responsible for overages. I checked the contract and there was no clause stating that to be true. There was actually a clause stating the opposite: “Owner pays for all utilities except movie orders and telephone charges” (out of date much?)
They insisted that I pay and disputed through Airbnb. Once I showed them the contract, Airbnb sided with me. The property manager came to the place and saw we had electric bikes in the garage. I got an email saying our bikes were the cause for the overages and that I needed to pay $50 per month for them. The fact that absolutely no research was done on electric bikes and what they cost to charge was absurd to me.
I was able to do research for a few minutes and send them the (overestimated) cost to charge our bikes. It was $1.12/m. Just little lower than $50. They finally let it go but told me that I had the wrong interpretation of the contract. Airbnb seemed to have the same interpretation as me.
The only reason the electricity was high was because we were tying not to freeze. It gets cold at night in the winters and the bottom floor doesn’t get much sunlight. It can stay cold in the house even during the day. Overall we had a good stay but the management company left a bad taste in my mouth.