Let me start by saying that we have stayed at many AirBnbs and have never had to give a bad review.
This place in Washington, DC has a great location, a remodeled kitchen, a good paint job and excellent lighting. It could be a great place to stay except for one thing that negates, for us, all of the above positive attributes… the smell. When you arrive at the front door, the smell and flies from the garbage cans is unsettling. When we opened the door, the smell is the first thing we noticed, a mix of mold, bad smells and cleaning products. These smells are most likely coming from the carpet which appears very old and dirty. Large area rugs have been used to cover up their condition, but do nothing for the smell, which gets worse in the bedroom. The sofa is stained and I felt like we could not sit on it until I washed one of the blankets and covered it. I also washed the blanket and bedspread, as they did not appear to have been laundered recently, let alone after each guest. When I took a shower, there were long black hairs in the tub which led me to believe the cleaning of the tub was either not done or ineffective. There was mold and mildew on the tiles in the shower and the curtain liner was not clean.
It is hard to believe that other guests have either not noticed these things or just did not want to leave a bad review.
Honest reviews help other guests decide to stay in a place or not. Had I known about the smells in this unit, I would not have booked it. This could be a good place if the hosts put their attention to the “ professional” cleaning, laundering all the linens, and finishing the remodel by ripping up that carpet. Bonnie