Beware! Do not stay here.
If you do anyways: You need to take photos of every single thing in the condo immediately when you enter. So that you can prove later that you didn’t damage something that the host claims you did. Lift the blankets, slide the furniture out and photo the floor. Look everywhere for everything you can find wrong and then write a comprehensive report about it listing out every imperfection you find so that it is well-documented.
We found multiple minor issues with the place (heat has a bad smell to it when it kicks on, coffee maker not working correctly, picture on floor when we arrived). We took all these things in stride. Politely commenting to host about it, as we wood like to know if we were the owners.
There was a blanket covering the couch when we arrived. We assumed it was to protect the couch. We never looked under it, because who does that? I refuse to live in fear (as described in paragraph 1 above - I just won’t do it). We stayed there, sat on the couch for maybe 2 hours total one night, with no food and no drink. Then we leave. And host is trying to get us to pay for a stain on the couch, which we 100% did not do.
We are upstanding people. Honest people. And business owners and rental property owners, as well. I would totally have told the host we stained the couch and offered to pay for the cleaning if we had done it. We treat people like we want to be treated. Always. Even if it costs us money.
We simply did not stain the couch. And we want you to be aware so that you can be prepared.
Aside from this unfortunate and unjust accusation, the place is ok. Cool furniture and vibe, but much smaller than the photos leas you to believe.
For the price, I would totally just stay at a hotel with a kitchenette and secure parking included.
The street noise is loud (bad windows).
The curtains are a very light material that does not block sunlight.
There were dead insects in the entry way.
You have to remember like 4 different codes to access the place.
There were two cars broken into that we saw on the block that were parked on the street. So definitely don’t park on the street there.
But mainly, go somewhere where you don’t have to be afraid that you will get blamed for something you didn’t do.