When I first arrived to the apartment around 1pm, the first thing I noticed was how clean the place was. However, upon opening the one of the cabinet drawer that carried utensils, I saw a huge cockroach -- I closed the drawer immediately and notified the host.
He responded almost immediately and offered maintenance to come put traps and spray the kitchen area, which was done promptly. However, come night, I saw multiple cockroaches appear around the kitchen area of various sizes. I took pictures and videos and sent immediately to the host.
The next day, the host offered to get the place professionally cleaned again, which was done promptly. However, starting from the late PM, I saw multiple cockroaches appear again. I saw multiple near the fridge, from cabinet to cabinet, and one in the living room.
Day 3, I started talking to Airbnb Support about terminating the rent early, because I could not eat nor cook (or bring food) in my place. Around sunset, I saw a huge cockroach in the bathroom area (near the mirror) crawling in my makeup. Again, I took pictures/videos and sent to the host who apologized and scheduled pest control.
Day 4, and the day I decided I had to leave immediately -- I saw a cockroach around 7am in bed, while I was in bed. I waited until pest control arrived to describe where I saw, how many I saw etc. I got a hotel and left immediately.
The host was ALWAYS responsive to my texts and did everything in his power to remedy the situation. However, the cockroach issue was severe enough that it didn't make any difference to how stressful the short stay turned out to be.