The cottage itself was pretty much as described. It’s close to the beach and more like 200 steps. There was black mold in the shower and rust on the shower caddy. Aside from that the place was pretty clean.
What caused us the most trouble is that when we contacted our host for the passcode to the gate he informed us that our cottage was not ready and still needed to be clean. It appears he forgot to put us on the calendar for the cleaning lady and my call for the passcode was the reminder that we booked the place. We were not able to check in until after 715. After traveling all day to get there 3 hours and 15 minutes was a long time to wait. We had to cancel our dinner reservations we made a month in advance.
I will say that the host was willing to credit us $30 but that no where near makes up for the inconvenience it caused us especially considering the cleaning fee was $120 AND THE PLACE WASNT EVEN CLEANED FOR US.
Maybe this was a fluke on their behalf and this doesn’t happen often but it did happen with us. We were doing a Southern California Airbnb tour and after staying at an amazing Airbnb and then dealing with this experience I have to say it was my worst Airbnb experience yet.