For context: the apartment is located in Upsal street, South East area in DC. Do your research about this area before booking, this is the most dangerous area in DC (lots of killing, drugs, theft, etc)
My experience: I have filed a police report against the host whose real name is Nathan. He put 4 different names in the description (Renée, Eddie, Sean and Tyler) in my opinion for very suspects reasons. I am proceeding to take action in civil court against him too in the coming days.
As soon as I enter the room I asked airbnb to cancel my booking, due to the dirty place and unsafe neighborhood. As I was waiting for the cancellation, I left the apartment in one morning and this host stole my suitcase and my backpack which I came all the way from Paris with and It contained all my stuff. I am not gonna get into all details, just I complained about the bedroom not being able to be locked and the bed sheets which were very dirty and he did not like my tone.
So my stuff got missing and when asked about it he said he didn’t see it.
After doing my research I knew it was him. After several hours, he finally gave me my backpack with my passport and ID but not my macbook pro which was in the backpack and my suitcase. Said that he did not see the suitcase nor the macbook which was in the backpack.
I leave all the details but that’s where we are at at the moment. The civil action is gonna be starting as soon as next week.
It is seriously dangerous to book this apartment. Don’t be fooled but the description and the price, you don’t want to be in this neighborhood.