Could you stay here? Sure, but is there better places…absolutely. This was one of the worst Airbnb experiences I’ve ever had.
We paid an extra $50 to check in early and then the host went MIA when we were trying to check in. (Said there phone died and it was our fault for not letting her know when we were arriving even tho we did)
We spent too long just waiting around outside the property until someone from the building exited and we were able to enter. The keys weren’t in the lockbox but in another place the host updated us with last minute.
Upon entering - we were immediately saddened by how unclean it was. For an 80 cleaning fee we expected better. We would’ve been able to live with that just fine tho but then I immediately showered after a long day and we discovered the shower had ZERO pressure. Imagine a produce mister and that’s what you’ve got. I immediately let the host know about the cleanliness and the shower issue and all she asked was what was it missing? Being cleaned properly? Having literally even half the items you have listed as being in your property. We had to go buy wash cloths and other items that it said were there that we didn’t pack for.
We then spent more than half our trip in contact off and on with the host trying to get the shower issue resolved. She offered for maintenance to fix it and we agreed that they’d come the next day, I let her know we’d be gone from which times and kept in constant updating contact. She didn’t until the end of that day tell us that we have to be in the unit for them to show. Then she offered us another unit of hers when we went to take her up on the offer less than 24 hours later she said it wasn’t an option anymore. I’d already let her know once that if we couldn’t resolve it we’d have to check out early and check into a hotel for Saturday as we had an event we had to get ready for and the shower was unusable. Her solution was to have US unscrew the shower head which lead to it flooding the shower and being a fire hose that hurt to use.
We booked our hotel the night before just based off how poorly things were being handled we kind of knew she wouldn’t resolve it or let us move into a different unit like offered.
After checking out early we asked for just one night stay back and part of our cleaning fee and of course she said she checked the unit over and it was “fine” so she wouldn’t refund us. We went through Airbnb directly and she ignored them too. Thankfully they made it right. She did not.
I’d say stay here if it’s the last option in town but be warned that the sink backs up and doesn’t drain well, the bathroom is gross, unclean, has a smelly mat that’s falling apart and no wash clothes. You get one towel in the entire building so use it wisely.
The window sills are dirty (like body and head hair galore) the blinds are all broken and falling apart. The listing says blackout curtains but only has one and not the one above your head.
There is absolutely no where comfortable to sit in the unit. Your options are kids dining chairs or metal chairs with wires.
We didn’t even use the kitchen due to its lack of cleanliness and items. Expect dirty kitchen counters and drawers (food caked on and in drawers) there’s no pot holders or dish towels oh but if you need an enema there’s one randomly under the kitchen sink (disgusting)
Overall it was a terrible experience made worse by a host that refused to listen and actually help us solve the issues and just strung us along with excuses and reasons it was somehow our fault. I can’t speak for the other properties but I will be avoiding any hosted by this person in the future.
I hope for the sake of future places this place gets a deep clean, better furniture and some serious tlc, it’s also my hope that the host learns to communicate in a more efficient way than blaming us for the way things went with their property.