This place was awful and Daniel’s communication was even worse! The reviews for this listing seemed fine with a few negative ones here and there (read Daniel’s replies to negative reviews - very nasty and somehow always blames the guest). The main positive I took from reading the reviews was Daniel’s communication (so I thought). In my own experience, I found Daniel to be lacking in most basic communication skills. I don’t think sending pictures of the check-in process is clear communication as he’s only doing this so you don’t complain about how complicated the check-in process is with the gate, finding the exterior and interior doors. When the check-in instructions didn’t match up with the types of keys I received, I let Daniel know and he replied with “ok”, not knowing whether he was going to come get me the right keys or not.
There were so many issues with this place I will just briefly describe them: plates and bowls were put away wet so I had to rewash all of them to ensure they were actually clean, half the silverware in the drying rack were dirty, the bathroom’s smell was unbearable as the shower curtain was growing lots of mold and bacteria to where it was filling up the room with its bad odors, the bathtub didn’t drain properly so you would stand in a few inches of water while showering (with the gross shower curtain), and the unit had carpenter ants. I decided to let Daniel know about these issues because they were becoming too much to handle. Initially, he didn’t reply and I had to message him again, until he finally responded about 48 hours after my original message. He tried to assure me he took care of the shower curtain and drain but why did these issues go by unnoticed for so long to get that bad? Daniel expects you to inspect the entire unit upon arrival so if anything is unsatisfactory he can give you a full refund and leave you on your own to find a new place as this is his only listing. He was annoyed I didn’t let him know of these issues upon arrival (I’m not going to inspect everything for you, maybe you should once and awhile?). Daniel then became very rude and argumentative after I declined his offer of 50% off a future stay (why would I stay there again?) and instead requested $10 off each night ($30 total) to try to make the unsanitary conditions more digestible (he thought $30 off was unreasonable even though 50% off a similar future stay would be $90). Daniel is so spiteful he left a negative review when I declined his offer. After going in circles for a few hours while messaging Daniel I decided resolving any issues with him was a lost cause. I contacted Airbnb and they made everything better. Do yourself a favor and spend 10-20% more than this listing to get yourself a much better place, with a better host! Daniel is only concerned with being so hands off that he doesn’t know what’s going on at his own property and will blame everyone but himself for the issues.