Apartment Building
The apartment building is accessed through the front door that slams hard and loud on your way in. On the interior side of the door, a note is written mentioning to hold the door from slamming and that a new door is on its way. The door was never replaced during my 2.5 month stay and another tenant there mentioned that it’s been like that way before me getting there. It’s very inconvenient having to drop a handful of grocery bags to make sure you don’t disturb neighbors when walking in. Once in, you’ll note that the hallways, carpet and stairway are never cleaned. Again, during my whole stay not once did I hear or see someone clean and I worked from the room so I was there all day. The back is used as a storage for junk from previous repairs.
The room
The two individual couches are filthy and are are masked with a slightly cleaner couch cover. I went ahead and bought and used my own covers. Futon had oily hand prints, crumbs and old white human hair. I was accused that the futon was broken after I checked out. The futon was not used during my stay as I couldn’t find a couch cover for it. I didn’t even argue it and I went ahead and paid it since it was only like 200 bucks. Anybody checking in should ensure that the futon is actually new though (Host showed an Amazon shopping cart screenshot of a futon with an arm rest and cup holders). HEALTH HAZARD - the microwave has mold so please don’t use!
I was also blamed for missing bowls and cups so make sure you take pictures during check in for evidence. Restroom had a little Softsoap bottle that Kevin was also trying to charge me. This was a very odd request specially considering that I left Dawn soap and other cleaning supplies behind. I refused to pay for any of that since it’s absurd that such reimbursement requests were even made. Lastly, there are tenants that smoke in the room. He singled me out one day so I stopped. I brought it up to him to come one day when the whole building had a very strong marijuana smoke aroma. He said that it could just be somebody walking by and disregarded my comment. I even Invited him to come over into the room to prove it wasn’t me but he never followed up with me over that. I saw smoke in the hallway twice but didn’t raise it to him after being ignored the first time. This wasn’t an issue to me but I just found it strange that he singled me out. This isn’t a place for you if you expect a smoke free environment. Messages for all the things mentioned are stored on my Airbnb message chat with Kevin and I took photos for evidence. I finally finished my reservation and currently at a much improved Airbnb :)
The best thing from this place is the location. Located in Sherman Heights you’re close to downtown which is pretty central. Neighbors are friendly, I got to meet some awesome people during my stay there. The place has potential but needs work and maintenance.