My stay with Cristina was not pleasant. The bright side, the unit is pretty much as pictured. It's easy to get in and out of. She does have 2 small dogs that bark constantly at you when you come in or go out, but if you pet them they are quiet. They have a baby gate to separate the dogs from your entrance, but they often move it or it falls down with the wind then will tell you to leave her gate alone when you put it back up. I had to buy a noise machine due to late night noise from them above us. Sounds like moving furniture across the room, drilling in the walls, repairs of sorts taking place well past midnight. This happened more nights than not.
Unfortunately, we had to cut our stay short for my health. I began to have allergy issues upon my arrival to Cristina's basement unit. I bought an air purifier to try to help and we also decided to keep the bathroom vent on 24/7 because it stayed damp in there on night 1, so since night 1 we kept the vent on and door closed. About a week later, I ended up finding what I belive to be mold in the bathroom, on the wall/in the grout under the shower head and knobs, lower 2ft or so of the shower. I believe this is why my allergies were so bad from day 1.
I took photos of this and reported this to Cristina right away and she said she would contact a company to get the mold taken care of. I hear back from Cristina 3 days later, she tells me she has a company to come take care of the mold problem; I scheduled a time with her for them to come the following day. I had a Ring camera set up on the unit for my safety and when the "company" was supposed to be in there, I asked Cristina if it was a "company" taking care of the mold issue like she had told me the night prior or if they were taking care of it themselves. She replied "its a company". She lied to me, as I was sitting there watching her husband in our unit attending to the mold in the bathroom himself.
After telling Cristina I saw him leave the unit, she later admitted she lied; She gave me an excuse about "being at work" when I asked her to confirm if it was a company or themselves taking care of the problem. I do not aporeciate the excuses given my deteriating health due to this mold issue in the unit. She said she "has a friend in the mold removal buisness that couldn't come by appointment right away, but instead gave her husband instructions on how to take care of it himself."
After her husband did this, my allergies were worse. I belive he stirred up the spores. That evening, my husband bought me a N95 to wear in the unit after this so I could tolerate being and sleeping in the unit. I began contacting Airbnb for support because the host did not handle the mold issue professionally, lied to me, and I could not continue to risk my health staying in this unit.