I first want to say that I’m grateful to have been able to book this at the last minute…. Like within the hour. I had messed up my current Airbnb booking and needed a place for another night. Plus, I needed a place asap to take some calls for work. It was a relief.

Unfortunately, that’s the only positive thing I can say about this place. As soon as I entered, an aroma of patchouli wafted through the doors. It was disgusting. One either loves the smell of patchouli or hates it. I’m in the latter camp. I had to keep the window and door open to let fresh air in all evening, but the stench never went away. Sadly within the hour, my eyes and throat started hurting because I’m allergic to patchouli. I sent her a message about the the patchouli smell and she responded, "What is wrong with patchouli smell? Are you allergic." Well, yes.

Maybe the place had been sitting there a bit because everything was covered in dust. Thankfully I had Clorox wipes with me. The toilet was filthy. There were pubic hairs to notice them all on the bathroom floor. The bathroom sink had hair in it and used toothpaste and other things lying all around the counter. The kitchen was dirty and the refrigerator was dingy and had lots of used condiments that looked really old. I wiped down the two dining chairs and they were sticky. Lots of things I touched were sticky, like the wall, AC remote, etc. I went to use the microwave and there was dried food all in it. As I was disinfecting things, I went to throw the wipes away and the trash can under the sink smelled like something had been in there a long time. (Now it smells like fried food and that’s my fault)

Sadly, I’m not exaggerating. I really wanted to like this place. She did say the bedding had been changed (I mean, why wouldn’t it be???), so I guess that’s the only thing that was cleaned? Maybe me booking at the last minute surprised her and the place wasn't clean and she did it in a rush. I doubt it because rust and dirt are baked into the baseboards. No idea. Either way, it was a huge disappointment.
Today, my throat still hurts from the patchouli. I had to throw away my pajamas because they smelled like patchouli and I didn’t want that odor lingering with me all day in my backpack. Burning patchouli (or spraying or whatever she did) was incredibly inconsiderate to guests. What a miserable stay.