Derek was responsive and the house looks beautiful but unfortunately, I did not have a good experience at his place.
When my partner and I arrived late to the apartment, the unit was freezing! The thermostat was at 50 degrees. And the house did not warm up for a few hours after we arrived—we slept in the cold until the thermostat leveled out. It would have been nice to arrive to a warm or semi-warm home.
The next morning, we hoped we’d be able to watch some TV but there seemed to be some sort of child protection lock on the TV so we couldn’t watch anything. Derek was responsive and gave a suggestion to fix the problem but we ultimately ended up not watching television.
Probably the toughest part about staying in the apartment is the cat pee smell in the building and that lingers in the unit. Luckily, I had brought some incense and sage and was able to drive the smell out for a couple hours at a time. After we checked 9out, Derek sent a message asking for a smoking fee, saying he does not allow smoking in the unit. I feel upset about this because as long as I’ve been using Airbnb, I have never smoked in a unit. I do wish that the building would find a solution for the cat pee smell.
My partner and I paid the fee (because we don’t want any problems and it’s possible the unit now smells like cat pee AND sage, so we’re sorry about that!)
Unfortunately, I would not recommend this listing.