The good:
Great location. Romeo was responsive and quick to answer questions. Delivered paper products to the place as there were basically none in the Airbnb on arrival.
The Bad:
* Charging $190 cleaning fee, but still requires us to clean up. Why am I paying $190 if I have to do house chores to clean up? Also, for the $190 cleaning fee, the place should be spotless or pretty darn close to it; which the apartment is not:
* There's dust everywhere. The TV cabinet, around the bathroom sinks, the floors, the baseboards, etc.
* The floor is pretty dirty. The vacuum inside the Airbnb is broken as the beater brush doesn't spin/work. We used this vacuum during our stay as we noticed the dirty floor and didn't like walking around on the gritty sand.
* The water filter jug in the refrigerator is moldy. The filling basin is moldy and the filter itself is moldy. Was kind of gross to find this out after we drank half of it.
* There are no fire detectors within the AirBNB itself which could result in injury/death in the event of a fire.
The value for this property is dinged a couple of stars due to having to clean up & pay a $190 cleaning fee. The check-in process was dinged as we were required to make an expensive or unsafe journey to collect the keys. The cleanliness was dinged as the place was kinda dirty considering that they require renters to clean after themselves + pay a $190 cleaning fee.
The worst part:
To check-in, you have to take a $31 Uber/Lyft to the key pickup location which is very convenient near his work and so he can charge his Tesla. This is in the wrong direction from the AirBNB and requires another $36 Uber/Lyft ride to the actual AirBNB. Using our maps application, we opted to save on the Uber/Lyft fees and take public transit ($3/person). However, after the bus ride, we had a 7-minute walk along a busy highway with no sidewalk to the key pickup location. If we had known we would be dragging our luggage near a busy highway along a dirt trail, we would have taken the quoted $31 Uber ride for a total of around $67 just to get to the Airbnb location from the airport. Our return trip from Airbnb to airport was $19.
Would I stay here again or tell others to stay here: No! It's a hassle to check in and not very clean. I'll try to attach a photo of the moldy water dispenser in the refrigerator.