Upon checking in, which was very simple, we were immediately disappointed. The whole house, especially upstairs, reeked of cigarrette/weed smoke. There was broken furniture and many of the photos did not align with the house we were seeing. The cleanliness of the house, especially the kitchen, was subpar with many dirty dishes and sticky countertops. We also found many walls throughout the home had holes and scrapes. When we tried to get ahold of the host, the phone number we were given did not work and it took about a half hour for someone to call back, who told us how to get into the basement but essentially couldn't help with the smell. The basement looks nothing like the photos and was absolutely freezing. Along with having steep, narrow steps. The room in the basement did not have an overhead light, adding to the creepiness of the space so we ended up having a person sleeping on a futon instead of using the basement at all. We were also not provided the number of towels they said would be available in the house manual so we had to share towels. Many of the smoke alarms were missing or badly attached to the ceiling. We also discovered that the carbon monoxide detector was plugged into an outlet that didn't work.
The house is far from the "Modern Luxury" they describe it as. Not only that, but the advertised "hot tub" is actually just a bath with jets in the master suite, which was the room with the worst smell. The parking advertised seems as though there may be enough space for two cars, however there was barely room for one small car, luckily we were able to find another spot just in front of the house. The location of the house is nice in the sense that it is a quiet and pretty neighborhood and the walk to the metro station is ~15 minutes away, although it may be difficult for some as it is very steep in some parts.